The Belgariad: Castle of Wizardry - David Eddings

In the Hall of the Rivan King...

Garion - once a simple farm lad, but now realizing his potential as a sorcerer - has regained the stolen Orb of Aldur. Its song soars as Carion and his companions race to return it to its rightful home on the Island of Riva.

I's a perilous journey through a desert teeming with Murgo soldiers, while Grolims strive to use their dark magic to destroy them. And when Garion finally returns the Orb to the sword of the Rivan King and holds it aloft, a voice echoes in a dark tomb as his adversary - the evil God Torak -stirs after centuries of slumber.

CASTLE OF WIZARDRY is the fourth book in a magnificent fantasy epic set against a history of seven thousand years of struggles between Gods and Kings and men.