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Synopsis
A magnificent limited, numbered, boxed, signed first edition for collectors, quarter bound in leather.
Comprising the ancient texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon, The Rivan Codex is a book which stands in the same relationship to the Belgariad and Malloreon as The Silmarillion does to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Before David Eddings started to write his first fantasy series, the BELGARIAD, in the late 1970s, he spent a year working on the design and mythology of the fantasy world in which it is set.
The Rivan Codex comprises the immensely readable background material to the Eddings’s best-loved series. These seminal documents have about them an air of original inspiration, world-building in action. History, geography, myths and folktales, peoples, gods, customs, social organization, political hierarchy, laws, dress, modes of address, produce, culture, flora, fauna, all presented with the lightest touch. Massive events in the twelve-book series here attain an all-time perspective.
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About the Author
David Eddings was born in Washington State. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the US Army. His first novel was a contemporary adventure, but he soon began a spectacular career as a fantasy writer with his bestselling series The Belgariad. He and his collaborator Leigh, who is also his wife, live in Carson City.
From the Back Cover
'THE RIVAN CODEX' David and Leigh Eddings
Illustrated by Geoff Taylor
Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and The Malloreon
'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 world-wide best-selling masterpiece. Its undeniable air of authenticity was forged in the beautiful writings that make up 'The Rivan Codex'.
Eminently collectable, absolutely essential, 'The Rivan Codex' is the book no Eddings reader will want to miss. It contains:
• 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
"I wished 'Polgara the Sorceress' was longer … the characters are so vivid and genuinely likeable, and there's an easy lilt to the prose which makes reading it pure pleasure. It's a wonderful book."
'SFX'
"'Belgarath the Sorcerer' tells the full story of the legendary sorcerer Belgarath with all the verve and pace we've come to expect from these authors"
'THE DARK SIDE'
"Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings or as well … Eddings is at the top with the very best"
'VECTOR'
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