"Books - David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorcerer" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)ED DINGS A Del Rey Book Published by Ballantine Books Copyright 1995 by David Eddings Maps copyright 1995 by Christine Levis and Shelly Shapiro Endpaper map copyright 1995 by Larry Schwinger All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States of America by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc." New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. ISBN 0345373243 Borders and artwork 1995 by Holly Johnson Text design by Holly Johnson Manufactured in the United States of America For Owen We have all been at this since April of 1982. Your friendship, guidance, and faith in us has been greatly cherished. One more to go! Leigh and David A note to the reader: We're sure that the reader has noticed a slight modification of the authorial attribution on the cover of this slender volume. The reader is now privy to one of the worst-kept secrets in contemporary fiction. There are two names on the cover because it took two of us to write this book, and this has been hitherto unacknowledged coauthor of these assorted works is no more than simple justice--if justice can ever be called simple. It's time to give credit where credit is due, so let's make it official, shall we? Prologue It was well past midnight and very cold. The moon had risen, and her pale light made the frost crystals lying in the snow sparkle like carelessly strewn diamonds. In a peculiar way it seemed to Garion almost as if the snow-covered earth were reflecting the starry sky overhead. "I think they're gone now," Durnik said, peering upward. His breath steamed in the icy, dead-calm air. "I can't see that rainbow any more." "Rainbow?" Belgarath asked, sounding slightly amused. "You know what I mean. Each of them has a different-colored light. Aldur's is blue, Issa's is green, Chaldan's is red, and the others all have different colors. Is there some significance to that?" "It's probably a reflection of their different personalities," |
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