Eddings, David - The Rivan Codex

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ceress.
Our tour stretches from the wealthy Empire of Tolnedra to the remote
Isle of the Winds, from the mysterious mountains of Ulgoland to the forbid-
ding reaches of darkest Mallorea. We will visit the time before Time when
two opposing Destinies began the cataclysmic struggle for supremacy that
would involve Gods and men alike, crack a world asunder, and threaten to
unravel the fabric of the universe itself. We will see the origin of the Orb of
Aldur and glimpse the final act upon the Sardion Stone.
Along the way, we will stop to greet old friends: Belgarath, the Old Wolf,
disciple of the god Aldur; Polgara, his enigmatic daughter; brave Belgarion,
the Rivan King; and his beautiful Queen, Ce'Nedra. Old enemies will be
waiting, too: the maimed god Torak, evil incarnate; Zandramas, fearsome
Child of the Dark; and the tragically corrupted traitor, Belzedar.
Rare volumes will be opened to your eyes. Sacred holy books in which
you may read the secrets of the Gods themselves and of their prophets.
Scholarly histories of the rise and fall of empires from the Imperial Library
at Tol Honeth. The profound mysteries of the Malloreon Gospels.
Brimming with the adventure, romance, and excitement readers have
come to expect from David and Leigh Eddings--including invaluable advice
for aspiring writers on how and how not to create their own fantasy worlds--
Book One: Guardians of the West
Book Two: Kings of the Murgos
Book Three: Demon Lord of Karanda
Book Four: Sorceress of Darshiva
Book Five: The Seeress of Kell
THE ELENIUM
Book One: The Diamond Throne
Book Two: The Ruby Knight
Book Three: The Sapphire Rose
THE TAMULI
Book One: Domes of Fire
Book Two: The Shining Ones
Book Three: The H~ City
High Hunt
The Losers
By David and Leigh Eddings
Testament of the Snake People
Hymn to Chaldan
The Lament of Mara
The Proverbs of Nedra
The Sermon of Aldur
The Book of Ulgo
PART II: THE HISTORIES
General Background and Geography
The Empire of Tolnedra
Appendix on Maragor
The Alorn Kingdoms
The Isle of the Winds
Cherek
Drasnia
Algaria (Including an appendix on the Vale of Aldur)
Sendaria
Arendia
Ulgoland
Book Seven: The Battle Before Vo Mimbre
Afterword by Master jeebers
Intermission
IV: PRELIMINARY STUDIES TO THE MALLOREON
A Cursory History of the Angarak Kingdoms
V: THE MALLOREAN GOSPELS
The Book of Ages
The Book of Fates
The Book of Tasks
The Book of Generations
The Book of Visions
VI: A SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS
From the Journal of Anheg of Cherek
Afterward
this?
The students, naturally, ask questions. The teachers hint around the
edges of an invitation to stop by and address the class. I'm very flattered,
as I mentioned, but I don't write - or grade - term papers any more, and I
don't travel. To put it idiomatically, 'I ain't going no place; I been where I'm
going.'
Then there are those other letters, the ones which rather bashfully con-
fide an intention to 'try writing fantasy myself' I don't worry too much about
those correspondents. They'll get over that notion rather quickly once they
discover what's involved. I'm sure that most of them will eventually decide
to take up something simpler - brain surgery or rocket science, perhaps.
I'd more or less decided to just file those letters and keep my mouth
shut. A prolonged silence might be the best way to encourage a passing
fancy to do just that - pass. Then I recalled a conversation I had with Lester
del Rey on one occasion. When I'd first submitted my proposal for the Bel-
gariad, I'd expected the usual leisurely reaction-time, but Lester responded
with what I felt to be unseemly haste. He wanted to see this thing now, but I
wasn't ready to let him see it - now. I was in revision of what I thought
would be Book I, and since I was still doing honest work in those days, my
time was somewhat curtailed. I wanted to keep him interested, however, so
I sent him my 'Preliminary Studies' instead - 'So that you'll have the neces-
mind takes on a multi-book project without some fairly extensive prepara-
tion. My Preliminary Studies were right there taking up space, I'd just fin-
ished a five-book contract, and I had nothing else currently on the fire. All
this thing needed was a brief introduction and some footnotes, and we
were off to press. Just in passing I should advise you that my definition of
'brief' and yours might differ just a bit. It takes me a hundred pages just to
clear my throat. Had you noticed that? I thought you might have.)
Please bear in mind the fact that these studies are almost twenty years
old, and there are going to be gaps. There are places where some great
leaps occurred, frequently flowing out of the point of my pen during that
actual writing, and I wasn't keeping a diary to report these bursts of inspired
creativity. I'll candidly admit that probably no more than half of these
'strokes of genius' actually worked. Some of them would have been disas-
trous. Fortunately, my collaborator was there to catch those blunders. Trial
and error enters into any form of invention, I suppose. This book may help
others to avoid some of the missteps we made along the way, and it may
give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process
something on the order of 'connect wire A to wire B. Warning! Do not con-
nect wire A to wire C, because that will cause the whole thing to blow up in
your face.'
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ceress.OurtourstretchesfromthewealthyEmpireofTolnedratotheremoteIsleoftheWinds,fromthemysteriousmountainsofUlgolandtotheforbid-dingreachesofdarkestMallorea.WewillvisitthetimebeforeTimewhentwoopposingDestiniesbeganthecataclysmicstruggleforsupremacythatwouldinvolveGodsandmenalike,crackaworldasunder,an...

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