King of the Murgos
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Type | Novel |
| Series | Belgariad / Malloreon › Malloreon #2 |
<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 |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |
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King of the Murgos | Bantam Books (UK) | Novel | |
| 1988 | King of the Murgos | Guild Publishing | Novel | ||
| March 1988 | King of the Murgos | Bantam Books (UK) | Novel | ||
| April 1988 |
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King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | 1 |
| October 1988 |
|
King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | Novel | |
| January 1989 |
|
König der Murgos | Bastei Lübbe | Novel | |
| March 1989 |
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King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| March 1989 |
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King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| April 1989 |
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King of the Murgos | Corgi | Novel | 9|1.1 |
| May 1990 |
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King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| November 1991 |
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King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | |
| 1992 |
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Koning van de Murgos | Het Spectrum | Novel | |
| November 1992 | Malloreon Boxed Set | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | ||
| 1993 |
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King of the Murgos | Corgi | Novel | |
| March 1993 |
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Le roi des Murgos | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 1996 |
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King of the Murgos | Corgi | Novel | |
| 1997 |
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King of the Murgos | Corgi | Novel | |
| August 1997 | King of the Murgos | Del Rey / Ballantine | Novel | ||
| 2001 | King of the Murgos | Corgi | Novel | ||
| October 2001 |
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Le roi des Murgos | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 2002 |
|
Koning van de Murgos | Uitgeverij M | Novel | 9 |
| September 2005 |
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The Malloreon, Volume One | Del Rey / Ballantine | Omnibus | 275 |
| October 2005 |
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King of the Murgos | Books in Motion | Novel | |
| September 2006 |
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Le roi des Murgos | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| August 2007 |
|
King of the Murgos | Books in Motion | Novel | |
| January 2010 |
|
Le roi des Murgos | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| February 2010 |
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King Of The Murgos | Transworld Digital | Novel | |
| February 2013 |
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King Of The Murgos | Corgi | Novel | |
| September 2024 |
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King of the Murgos | Tantor Audio / Recorded Books | Novel |