"It all begins with the theft of the Orb that for so long protected the West from an evil god as long as the Orb was at Riva, the prophecy went, its people would be safe from this corrupting power. Garion, a simple farm boy, is familiar with the legend of the Orb, but skeptical in matters of magic. Until, through a twist of fate, he learns not only that the story of the Orb is true, but that he must set out on a quest of unparalleled danger to help...

The very end of twenty-five eons has almost arrived: the moment when the four Elder Gods, replaced by their alternate Younger Gods, must sleep for eternity. At the same time, hidden deep within the Wasteland, the Vlagh breeds her largest, deadliest insectoid horde for a final, all-out war to overrun the land of Dhrall and devour humanity. Even as the Vlagh prepares her monstrous invasion army, the people of Dhrall face an even greater danger-from...

Finally, the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure. But Bhellion carried dangers of its own. Once the stone came into his hands, Sparhawk found himself...

Sparhawk, the Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion, returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil and intrigue, and his young queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk and his allies -- who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child -- seek to save Ehlana and...