Demon Lord of Karanda

Demon Lord of Karanda (1988) David Eddings

The third book of the Mallorean sees Garion and his company traveling through Mallorea. They meet ‘Zakath but even better, they also run into Yarblek and Vella.

That’s the funny thing about this series. As a whole, I don’t like the story nearly as much as I like the first series, the Belgariad. Yet, this series has some of my favorite characters and favorite scenes, so even though the story as a whole isn’t my favorite, these books have far more scenes that stick in my memory than the first series.

Of course there are also scenes I could just as well do without–the trouble Silk, Sadi, and Liselle get into in Mal Zeth has always struck me as faintly ridiculous–and I’m not sure how I feel about Garion allowing Sadi to create havoc unmonitored.

But for the most part, the scenes I love, and the dialog I love, more than make up for the parts of the story I don’t like as well.
Rating: 7/10

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