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Malloreon

The Malloreon is a five part fantasy book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad.

Guardians of the West (ISBN 0-345-35266-1)
King of the Murgos (ISBN 0-345-35880-5)
Demon Lord of Karanda (ISBN 0-345-36331-0)
Sorceress of Darshiva (ISBN 0-345-36935-1)
The Seeress of Kell (ISBN 0-345-37759-1)
While the story concludes in The Malloreon, minor events occur in the prequels Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress, which otherwise cover the history of the world.

Series books
One of the criticisms leveled by some at the series is that it feels almost exactly like The Belgariad. Within the story, the characters notice that they seem to be doing the same things all over again, theorizing that this repetition is part of the battle of destinies that controls their world.

Guardians of the West
At the end of the previous series, The Belgariad, Garion has slain the evil god Torak and thinks that his major problems are over. Initially this seem true, with the first half of the book concentrating on the first eight years of Belgarion's reign, going through many minor problems including Queen Ce'Nedra's seeming infertility and an assassination attempt. All of these problem sort themselves out without much trouble.

But universe being what it is, Belgarion and his wife Ce'Nedra can't be left to live in peace for long. Their infant son is kidnapped, leading Garion, Polgara, Belgarath, and their other companions on a continent-spanning chase to recover him and save the world again.

Eventually Brand, the Rivan Warder, is accidentally murdered by assassins aiming to kill Ce'Nedra and her new son Geran. The assassins are traced back to the Bear-cult, who have taken over several cities as their base of operations. Riva and the other western nations take military action against the Bear-cult, but while Belgarion and the others are engaging in battles, Geran is kidnapped. Although Belgarion's suspicion falls upons the Bear-cult, it turns out the kidnapping was carried out by Zandramas, who is the new Child of Dark.

King of the Murgos
In the King of Murgos Belgarion and his fellow travellers take up the chase of his kidnapped son Geran. During their stay in Nyissa they recruited Sadi the master of poison and medicine Belgarion also found out that Gerans kidnapper Zandramas is in fact a woman. During their pursue of Zandramas, they got captured by Murgos and brought to their king Urgit who turns out to be a half brother of Silk.

Demon Lord of Karanda
At the beginning of this chapter Belgarion and his fellow travellers was brought up to Mallorea after an ambush at the end of King of Murgos. Belgarion met up the emperor of Mallorea Zakath, they become great friends during their stay. However Belgarion and his fellowers had to continue their pursue on Zandramas so they slipped out during one night when the city was suffering from the Black Death. While on their way they battled many Zandramas henchmen and demons and later joined up with Belgarath hunchbacked brother Beldin.

Sorceress of Darshiva

The Seeress of Kell
The Group of destined companions finally make it to Kell and to the place of fate for the final meeting for the Child of Light and the Child of Dark. A meeting that will determine not only the fate of Garion's son, but also the fate of the world.