Already a smash hit in the UK, this latest addition to the
Belgariad and Malloreon cycles (most recently, Polgara the
Sorceress, 1997), featuring evil gods, kings, sorcerers, orbs, and
whatnots, comprises a wretched jumble of unreconstructed notes
together with gnarled, gnomic utterances - that is to say,
background material accumulated before the authors wrote the
stories themselves. It consists of an introduction, a preface, six
headed sections, and an afterword ("This collection provides a kind
of running description of a process") that's a sort of "how-to" for
budding fantasists. The headed sections weigh in, variously, as:
"The Holy Books" (of Alom, of Torak, etc.: "And so passed the
companions again unto the north and returned they unto the west");
"The Histories" (of The Alorn Kingdoms, of Sendaria, of Ulgoland,
and so forth - luckily, "The caves of the Ulgos are naturally
heated by geothermal forces"); "The Battle of Vo Mimbre" ("And
great was the wrath of the Accursed One, and fire was in his right
eye and also in the eye that was not"); "Preliminary Studies to the
Malloreon" ("When speaking of this era, some confusion is
possible"); "The Malloreon Gospels" ("Sit no more upon the earth in
vain and foolish lamentation"); and "A Summary of Current Events."
Fanatics only. (Kirkus Reviews)
'The Rivan Codex' is a book full of wonders. In its pages can be found the origin and the birth of the greatest fantasy epic of modern times which began with 'The Belgariad' and continued with 'The Malloreon'. Here for the very first time David and Leigh Eddings present the seminal texts on which they built their worldwide bestselling masterpiece. Its undeniable air of authenticity was forged in the beautiful writings that make up 'The Rivan Codex'.
• Preface by Belgarath the Sorcerer
• The Holy Books
• The Histories
• The Battle of Vo Mimbre
• The Book of Ages, The Book of Fates, The Book of Tasks, The Book of Generations, The Book of Visions
• A Summary of Events
“'The Rivan Codex' is the definitive handbook to his fantasy domains by Eddings and his wife Leigh”
WEEKEND TELEGRAPH
“Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings or as well … Eddings is at the top with the very best”
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