King of the Murgos

<b>From the flaps of the Del Rey first printing:</b> "Beginning of the Quest - The infant son of Garion and Ce'Nedra had been foully kidnapped, and false trails had pointed to the members of the Bear-cult. But now, after months of delay, they knew that the abductor was a mysterious person named Zandranmas, who had fled far to the south and east. <p>Finally, they began the great quest to rescue the child, guided by the Orb of the God Aldur that glowed in the pommel of Garion's mighty sword. With them went the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer, his daughter Polgara the Sorceress, and inevitably the little Drasian, Silk. <p>Their way led through the foul swamps of Nyissa, where the Snake-Queen ruled over her treacherous people, then into the lands of the Murgos, their olden enemies. Beyond those, they would be in strange lands, among even stranger people from who might come unexpected help or betrayal. And at the end, they must face a horrible danger - to themselves and to all mankind.</p>For the Dark Prophecy had not vanished when Garion slew the evil God Torak. Instead, it had fled to Zandramas, who was now the Child of Dark. Dark and Light still contended for mastery as they had done since before the world was created. Zandramas planned to use the child in some rite at the Sardion Stone in "the place which is no more" to insure that the Dark would triumph, leaving the ultimate misery of evil to rule over all. <p>If they could not be at that impossible place when Zandramas arrived, they would lose - forever."

Year	Award	Category	Status
1989	Locus Poll Award	Best Fantasy Novel	Nominee/Finalist