BLURB: END OF THE QUEST It had all begun with the theft of the Orb that had so long protected the West from the evil God Torak. Before that, Garion had been a simple farm boy. Afterward, he discovered that his aunt was really the Sorceress Polgara and his grandfather was Belgarath, he Eternal Man. Then, on the long quest to recover the Orb, Garion found to his dismay that he, too, was a sorcerer.
Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searchging for them, while Grolim Hierarchs strove to destroy them with dark magic. Then, somehow they must manage to be in Riva with the Orb by Erastide. After that, however, Garion was sure that his part in these greate events would be finished.
But the Prophecy still held future surprises for Garion - and for the little princess Ce'Nedra!
(This continues the magnificent epic of THE BELGARIAD, begun in PAWN OF PROPHECY, QUEEN OF SORCERY, and MAGICIAN'S GAMBIT - a fantasy set against a background of the war of men, Kings, and Gods that had spanned eseven thousand years - a novel of fate, strange lands, and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!)

David Eddings is, in general, fun light fantasy. He was one of my first fantasy authors, and started me on the genre. I consider his Elenium/Tamuli cycle to be more entertaining, but general consensus holds his Belgariad/Mallorean in higher stead.
I enjoyed this book very much, but shelf space is precious.