Belgarath the Sorcerer: The Prequel to the Belgariad

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Wish Belgarath was my granddad. He's so likeable. Tricksy and cunning, and always up to some kind of wonderful mischief. And reading Belgarath the Sorcerer, the story of his back-life before his adventures in the Belgariad and beyond, you discover how he grew up to be the way he is - a reluctant student at the feet of gods who eventually becomes a wily old master. Top class fantasy.

This is the first prequel to the Belgariad and Malloreon (before Polgara the Sorceress).

In this prequel, Belgarath tells us about his youth and how he became Aldur's pupil and then disciple, along with his brothers Zedar, the twins Belkira and Beltira, Belmakor, Belsambar and the dwarf Beldin.

For a while they all live happily in the Vale, quietly studying, until Ald... read more