The Belgariad - Magician's Gambit - David Eddings

A tower of evil- and a sorcerous battle

A priest of Torak flees across the lands of the west, and two prophecies are now rushing towards one event - one decisive moment which will determine the future of the world.

Bound up somehow in these prophecies Garion- a young lad struggling develop the sorcery that lies within him. With him is Ce'Nedra, a wilful princess who refuses to accept that sorcery even exists - let alone any silly prophecy.

Yet both must understand and accept their heritage as they follow the magician's trail to a sinister mountain fortress.

MAGICIAN'S GAMBIT is the third book in a magnificent fantasy epic set against a history of seven thousand years of struggles between Gods and Kings and men.