Now in the final stages of their quest for his son, Garion & his companions travel to Kell to consult the only undamaged copy of the Malloreon Gospels. For centuries the Seers have guarded this book from the Grolims & even had their wizards put a curse of blindness on any Grolim who tried to enter Kell.

So, as proclaimed in Guardians of the West, Belgarion the Godslayer sets out with those who must join him: the Eternal Man, the Guide, the Man with Two Lives, the Bearer of the Orb & the Silent Man, & the rest of his companions to The Place Which Is No More to make the final choice
- darkness or light.

But Zandramas the Sorceress will not be outdone. Though she may not enter Kell she still has young Geran & should she reach the final meeting place with him, then Garion must slay his son or the world will be no more.

THUS ENDS THE EPIC STORY OF THE MALLOREON






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