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    Enchanters' End Game

    Written by David Eddings

    Narrated by Cameron Beierle

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    The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And once again, with the crowning of Garion, there was a descendant of Riva Iron-grip to rule as Overlord of the West. And yet the prophecy was unfulfilled. In the east, the evil God Torak was about to awaken and seek dominion. Somehow, Garion had to face the God, to kill or be killed. On the outcome of that dread duel rested the destiny of the world. Now, accompanied by his grandfather, the ancient sorcerer Belgarath, Garion headed toward the City of Endless Night, where Torak awaited him. To the south, his young fiancee, the Imperial Princess Ce'Nedra, led the armies of the West in a desparate effort to divert the forces of Torak's horde away from the man she loved. The prophecy drove Garion on, but it gave no answer to the question that haunted him. How does a man kill an immortal God? He must answer that question in the resolution of the epic war between men, kings and Gods that has spanned 7000 years.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion Audio
    Release dateDec 15, 2003
    ISBN9781581168969
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    Enchanters' End Game
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    David Eddings

    David Eddings was born in Washington State in 1931 and grew up near Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the US Army. Subsequently he worked as a buyer for the Boeing company and taught college-level English. His first novel was a contemporary adventure, but he soon began a spectacular career as a fantasy writer with his bestselling series ‘The Belgariad’.

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    • 3/5
      My least favorite in the series, largely the middle 150 pages are so are a terrific bore, shockingly dull. It was quite a transition from the rest of the series, which I quite enjoyed. Once the pace picked up at the end, it's tremendous; the banter and dialogue between the characters is sharp, the main protagonists are clearly defined and endearing and the ending is satisfying and feels like a real end to the journey. This may be 3 stars, but I'd give the series a 4 as a whole - Aunt Pol and Belgarath are terrific, and despite the fantasy cliches and tropes present all over the series, these two (along with Silk) rise above the usual characterizations and personalities we're used to dealing with. A great bit of coming of age, fantasy, prophecies, magic, danger and adventure. I'm happy I read the series, and would recommend it to fantasy lovers only; I don't think the series holds up well enough to transcend other genres.
    • 4/5
      This is a fitting ending for a great series. In typical fashion, the good guys win, but the touch of real life, love, marriage, religion, and more that definitely puts the magic and Gods into a more real perspective. Truly the series set up events into black and white aspects, where only one outcome is sometimes painfully obvious, the characters are the light of the story. Favorite characters are Relg and Taiba. I would love to have much more of them. This is a great introductory book for new fantasy readers. Definitely safe for all audiences and less long winded and convoluted than some, such as Tolkien, for readers with less patience or not able to read at such a high level. The world is very detailed and real. I read it once as a teen and then just recently re-read it. I was not dissappointed.
    • 4/5
      This being the fifth book in the series, Garion has learnt his fate and despite his overwhelming terror, he, his grandfather Belgarion and the thief Silk are making their way through the northern wastes of the Angorak lands. As the trio make their way to the City of Endless Night, Ce'Nedra has raised an army to fight the Angoraks in the south to divert them. In most series these days, the battle of Thull Mardu would take up a whole book in its own right. Here it gets just over a chapter or two and we're kept somewhat distant (in my opinion!) from the action. Even the climactic confrontation at the end of the book feels somewhat offhand.
    • 3/5
      I read this when I was quite young, so I don't remember much about it. I do remember that David Eddings books seemed pretty similar to me in plot -- all of them. The same great quest, multiple times. All the same, I liked this trilogy very much at the time, and I think it was my first Eddings.
    • 4/5
      The quest was over. The Orb has been recovered and a king sits once again on the Rivan throne as Overlord of the West. Yet the Prophecy is unfulfilled. The evil God Torak is about to awaken and seeks dominion over all. It is up to Garion to face the God in a fight to the death to decide the fate of all mankind.Enchanters' End Game is the final book of The Belgariad. It's a satisfying ending to the series. The book is fast paced and was a page turner for me. All loose ends are tied up nicely. The character banter in this book is in high form. The conversations were so much fun to read. Eddings let almost every character have fun with this, even some of the minor ones.
    • 5/5
      In just three short days I plowed through The Belgariad series and emerged, happy (and a bit melancholy to leave them behind). As much as I loved the series, wept at certain deaths, rejoiced as characters got everything and more than they could have dreamed of, I have only one small criticism to offer now that I've finished my first David Eddings series.I think authors such as Brandon Sanderson and Mickey Zucker Reichart have spoiled me when it comes to battle scenes. Take for example, Reichart's Renshai series - the swordplay is so beautifully described it makes me want to weep thinking about reading it again. Every motion came alive in my imagination. In contrast, David Eddings struggled with putting into words the action taking place in these books. Villains died quickly and neatly, which robbed me, as a reader, of a need to see them get their "just desserts."That said, I still loved the direction of the story, the way all the pieces fit neatly together, the growth of the characters and uniting of the world, and that little bit that left the story open to grow more.
    • 3/5
      The final book in the Belgariad series complete the epic destiny of good versus evil. It walked through the prophecies as was expected. In fact there were very few surprises other than how quickly Eddings rapped up many of the lose ends. For me, there was very little in the way of slow burn in building the inevitable tension. As the whole series has been following just the one side, there was little doubt in the overall conclusion. It was more on how they were going to get there. The slow march to get there did not hold enough surprises or revelations to justify the length of the overall series. I am hoping that the few unknowns that remain will make the next series worth reading.
    • 4/5
      Enchanters End Game finds our heroes taking divergent paths on the road of prophecy. Garion, Silk and Belgarath proceed towards the impending battle with Torak while Ce'Nedra, Polgara and company gather a vast army to defend the West against the Angaraks. The core group is drawn together for a "larger than life" battle when Garion, the Child of Light, finally faces off agaist Torak.Eddings does an admirable job of closing out this series, but leaves the door cracked open just enough for the curious reader to catch a glimpse of more books to come. The setting Eddings has created is not the most original, but the pacing and characters make this series a new favorite on my fantasy bookshelf.
    • 4/5
      This is a fitting ending for a great series. In typical fashion, the good guys win, but the touch of real life, love, marriage, religion, and more that definitely puts the magic and Gods into a more real perspective. Truly the series set up events into black and white aspects, where only one outcome is sometimes painfully obvious, the characters are the light of the story. Favorite characters are Relg and Taiba. I would love to have much more of them. This is a great introductory book for new fantasy readers. Definitely safe for all audiences and less long winded and convoluted than some, such as Tolkien, for readers with less patience or not able to read at such a high level. The world is very detailed and real. I read it once as a teen and then just recently re-read it. I was not dissappointed.
    • 4/5
      It really ends the only way it could have, but very satisfying nonetheless. Doesn't hold a candle to Tolkien or Martin, but quite original in its own right. Glad I read this series. Overall series rating=3.2 stars
    • 4/5
      This is a delightful end to the series. As usual Eddings delivers a fun, readable story. He may cover subjects like war, politics, religion and romance but never to the detriment of the story so don't expect a lot of depth on any of those subjects. His story line has a flaw in the timing of bringing people together but who cares. It is fantasy after all. The magic is there and perhaps the story has a little Puss in Boots theme as well.
    • 4/5
      This book moves at a much faster pace than the previous books. There is more action and it follows more characters. Although this could be confusing the previous four books have spent so much time establishing each of the characters that it is easy to follow along the different strands. This also helps the pace. The conclusion of the book is not all that surprising but supremely satisfying for fans of the book. All in all the series delivers the message that as long as you do what is right you will be rewarded and those who do wrong will be punished.
    • 5/5
      This is a great a really good traditional fantasy series that was my favorite when I first started reading fantasy books. Enchanters' End Game is as good as the others in the series. The books are great for people just starting to read fantasy to see what good traditional fantasy is like. It might seem a little boring for people who have read a lot of fantasy.
    • 4/5
      This book is the conclusion of the Belgariad series, and is almost as good as the rest. However, the sense that the conclusion is forgone, no matter how impossible it seems, tends to make it a little less interesting. It is still the characters that make this worth reading though.
    • 2/5
      Probably the slowest of all the books in the Belgariad series. You could start on p. 200 or so and not miss much.
    • 4/5
      Generally a good series but I did not like the ending so much.
    • 5/5
      my favorite series of books: masterly done. thanks for doing it so well
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite series read by a fantastic narrator.
    • 4/5
      Wraps the story up nicely if a little too neat for most people's tastes.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely fantastic, can't wait to listen to the rest of the series
    • 4/5
      The funny parts in the book it was great thank you.
    • 4/5
      Such a fantastic classic. Definitely worth reading at least once. The narrator tried very hard to have different accents. Some were a bit problematic and almost racist. But he did a good job.
    • 4/5
      Vrij redelijk eind aan het boek en daarmee de serie. Bovengemiddeld fantasy-serie.

      Het lot van de wereld is afhankelijk van één duel. Garion is nu de koning van Riva, maar hij weet dat er geen vrede zal zijn zolang de god Torak leeft zijn. Garion is samen met Belgarath en Silk vertrokken om hem te vinden. Ce'Nedra heeft, samen met de Koningen en Koninginnen van de Westen,
      Om te zorgen dat Torak's troepen uit de buurt van Garion blijven, en ook om de vrede in het Westen te houden, heeft Ce'Nedra krachten verzameld en is klaar om de Angarak over te nemen.

      Garion weet dat hij zal moeten vechten met Torak. Maar hoe kan hij hopen te winnen van een God? Welke van de twee profetieën zal uit komen?

      Dit is het laatste boek in de serie en en alles uit vorige delen wordt afgewerkt.
      Er zijn twee verhaallijnen, en hoewel Ce'Nedra's verhaal interessant was, was ik eigenlijk meer geïnteresseerd in die van Garion.

      Garion is echt depressief in dit boek, maar ook zeer vastberaden, en het is plezierig om te zien groeien in zijn rol.

      Dit is het einde van een echt goede klassieke fantasy boek en ik zou Eindspel aanraden aan mensen die de eerste 4 boeken genoten.
    • 4/5
      Conclusion to the Belgariad. Here we have the the meeting of the boy of the light with the boy of dark and who will win. I found the end satisfying. I agree with those that c/o the weakness in the female character. There was potential but the author failed to follow through. One must remember that this book was written in 1986 and maybe authors were not as enlightened as they are now and this probably was written as a boys adventure series.
    • 5/5
      Great series. Highly recommend! The narrator is amazing. Honestly the best narrator I’ve ever listened to.
    • 5/5
      {Fifth of 5 in Belgariad series; fantasy, high fantasy, quest fantasy, young adult} (1985)The final book in the Belgariad pentology. Everything Eddings has told us without telling us, such as Garion's true identity, has come to fruition and now all bets are off. We know that the Child of the Light is destined to face the Child of the Dark as the representatives of the two opposing prophecies that have existed almost since the dawn of time and finally cancel out one prophecy but no-one, not even those entities themselves, knows which will win. Garion, Mister Wolf and Silk trek towards that momentous meeting while Aunt Pol, Ce'Nedra and the armies of the West try to distract the hordes of the East, which have been steadily amassing, from intercepting them and preventing the meeting. And so we get to meet several of the rulers of the East - who may not have a vested interest in their god waking for the proscribed event or even in cooperating with each other.Garion's character continues to evolve as he comes to term with his destiny.If he had consciously sought any of this, he could have accepted the duty which lay on him with a certain amount of resignation. He had been given no choice in the matter, though, and he found himself wanting to demand of the uncaring sky, 'Why me?'He rode on beside his dozing grandfather with only the murmuring song of the Orb of Aldur for company, and even that was a source of irritation. The Orb, which stood on the pommel of the great sword strapped to his back, sang to him endlessly with a kind of silly enthusiasm. It might be all very well for the Orb to exult about the impending meeting with Torak, but it was Garion who was going to have to face the Dragon-God of Angarak, and it was Garion who was going to have to do all the bleeding. He felt that the unrelieved cheerfulness of the Orb was - all things considered - in very poor taste, to say the least.He's not in a good mood as he and his two companions trek through the fens of Drasnia and cross the mountains into the eastern kingdoms under leaden winter skies as the book opens.Ce'Nedra too, while not changing in essence, matures and uses all her wiles and charms to recruit ordinary people, including peasants and serfs, to the army of the West but her compassion has also developed.As the kings lead their peoples to war, the ladies are left in charge of their kingdoms and come into their own each in their own unique way. Shrewd Queen Layla, for instance, pretends to be clueless and organises her children to run interference to exasperate the persistent Tolnedran ambassador who thinks he can push through treaties favouring his empire while King Fulrach is away. I confess; I may have used this technique myself - maybe this was where I discovered it?There is more of the banter that I love about this series and which keeps things light despite it being about an all-encompassing world war and the loss of life that comes with battles.'Instead of letting Sir Mandorallen annihilate these thousand Murgos all by himself, why not select a contingent from each part of the army to deal with them? Not only will that give us some experience in tactical coordination, but it'll give all the men a sense of pride. An easy victory now will stiffen their backs when we run into more ditficult times later.''Fulrach, sometimes you positively amaze me,' Rhodar declared, 'I think the whole trouble is that you don't look that clever.'(Although I'm not entirely sure that that's a compliment.)The ending wraps up everything neatly - but there is a second series which follows on and which has been set up by events in this book though it doesn't leave you feeling that the story is unfinished.And, right at the end, I found the discomfited Orb very amusing. The Orb continued to ignore him, its attention obviously elsewhere."What are you concentrating on so hard?' the old man asked curiously.The Orb, which had glowed with a bright blue radiance, flickered again, and its blue became suddenly infused with a pale pink which steadily grew more and more pronounced until the stone was actually blushing.Belgarath cast one twinkling glance in the general direction of the royal apartment. 'Oh,' he said, understanding. Then he began to chuckle.The Orb blushed even brighter.June 20224.5-5 stars
    • 5/5
      As I continue on my journey to re-read all my favorite novels and possibly re-judge them, Eddings first sword & sorcery series holds up to current cultural mores. The enmity between peoples has nothing to do with race, color, or even politics, but all to do with what we once called creed. On one side, we have several races (each complete with their own god) and they are the 'good guys'. The black hats consist of a few nations worshiping the evil god. Amongst the bad guys, the majority consists of people terrified of said evil god, and slaves. Even today, we still get to root for good over evil - it was just a lot easier to tell the difference in these simple books.

      As to it's actual literary merit (which I wish was the only criteria for judging a book), it's okay. Not great; I doubt even the Eddings would have classed it with, say, Lord of the Ring, but it is a pleasant quick read - my version of a beach book. If this was the first book you'd read of theirs, you would probably enjoy the characters, but they do go on to reuse them in the rest of their books. The same with the gentle humor. It's lovely in this first set, but the repetition goes on to become slightly tedious in later series.

      That said, it continues to be a favorite because it is warm, inviting and comfortable in a time that, to me, isn't.
    • 5/5
      really enjoyed the series
    • 5/5
      Great book my second time. It was as good as the first time.
    • 5/5
      I read this series 7 times. I love now being able to hear the story. Narrator isn't perfect but gets better book after book.