A story of passion, violence and sorcery and the fate of a woman caught between the forces of white magic and black.

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...

The hardships and superstitions of Tudor England provide a background for this historical novel. Joanna's one ambition is vengeance on the man who usurped her father's position while Angel's sole aim is to recover his stolen mare.

The story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the Will and the Word, on whom the fate of the world depends. This is his own account of the struggle that went before "The Belgariad" and "The Malloreon". Only one man could tell of those near-forgotten times. That man is known as the Old Wolf.

Die Muschelmagier or the Shell Mage