Garion, a simple farm boy, goes with master Sorcerer Belgarath and his daughter, the arch-Sorceress Polgara in search of the Orb, which must be regained before the final disaster.

"It all begins with the theft of the Orb that for so long protected the West from an evil god as long as the Orb was at Riva, the prophecy went, its people would be safe from this corrupting power. Garion, a simple farm boy, is familiar with the legend of the Orb, but skeptical in matters of magic. Until, through a twist of fate, he learns not only that the story of the Orb is true, but that he must set out on a quest of unparalleled danger to help...