Guardians of the West (Book One of the Malloreon)

NY: Del Rey, 1987. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_vinyl spine. Fine/Fine. Edwin Herder. 5.75"x8.5" 369 pgs. Midnight blue boards. Black buckram w/gold foil letters on spine. DJ design by Janet C. Dudar. DJ #11483. Map by Shelly Shapiro. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Two fox dots on bottom edge. Secure ship w/track #. Here, in the eagerly awaited sequel to David Eddings' bestselling The Belgariad, is the first book of The Malloreon, an epic quest across strange lands and among stranger peoples--a magnificent fantasy of men, Kings, Sorcerers, and Gods caught up in the culmination of the seven-thousand-year war between two opposing Destinies to determine the fate of all creation. Garion had slain the evil God Torak and been crowned King of Riva. The Prophecy was fulfilled--or so it seemed. While the strange child Erand was growing up in the Vale of Aldur with Plgara and Durnik, showing only occasional flashes of inexplicable knowledge and power, Garion was learning to rule and to be the husband of his fiery little Queen Ce'Nedra. Eleven years passed. Then suddenly the Voice of Prophecy crie...Source: Publisher.