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I have been a big David Eddings fan for awhile and I love the Belgariad and the Mallorean series. So, when this new book came out, I rushed to buy the book and after a few hundred pages, I was so disappointed and disgruntled that I could not finish it. It seems to me that the authors are rehashing their old themes, and this time they did it in a very unimaginative and terrible way. For example, the Arends in the Belgariad and Mallorean series appeared to have resurfaced in the new book as the Arums. Characters are still being led around to do various little things by god-like beings, if not by the gods themselves. The writing, while not necessarily bad, did not keep me wanting to read more. All in all, I was terribly disappointed with this book. I'm probably better off re-reading the old series a few more times.