An epic fantasy of religious pilgrims on a hostile desert planet. A starfleet of colonists gone irrevocably off-course on their way to a paradisal planet find refuge on a world never meant to be theirs.

Long ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected men of the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe. But that was only a story, and Garion did not believe in magic dooms, even though the dark man without a shadow had haunted him for years. Brought up on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, how could he know that the Apostate planned to wake dread...

Citadel of Shadows. Taking refuge from Elundium's mob in the ruins of a great city, the peaceful Tunnelers are threatened by Nevian, the Master of Magic, and a crippled boy and a runaway archer's son find the fate of their people in their hands.

In the sixth century A.D. the Saxons ruled Southern England. After the great battle of Aquae Sulis, Owain, injured, wakes to find his father and brother killed during the fight. On the battlefield the only other living thing is a lean and hungry dog. This story covers the twelve years following the battle and describes the life and adventures of Owain during this time of historic change in the annals of England.