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Magician's Gambit

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Magician's Gambit
Magician's Gambit cover
AuthorDavid Eddings and Leigh Eddings
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Belgariad
GenreFantasy
PublisherDel Rey Books
Publication date
June 1983
Publication placeUSA
Media typeHardcover, Paperback
Pages320 (paperback)
ISBN0-345-32731-4
Preceded byQueen of Sorcery 
Followed byCastle of Wizardry 

Magician's Gambit is the third part of The Belgariad, a fantasy book series written by David Eddings continuing the events in Queen of Sorcery and is followed by Castle of Wizardry.

Plot summary

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Garion and friends go after Ctuchik, the evil Angarak sorcerer who has the Orb.

Reception

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Colin Greenland reviewed Magician's Gambit for Imagine magazine, and stated that "For all its accumulated bulk of pages, this really is easy reading. Try it to distract you while you're weaving your next tapestry."[1]

Reviews

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  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 6[2]
  • Review [French] by Olivier Coron (1991) in Yellow Submarine, #85
  • Review [Dutch] by Eya Kuismanen (2005) in Holland-SF 2005, #4

References

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  1. ^ Greenland, Colin (August 1984). "Fantasy Media". Imagine (review) (17). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 47.
  2. ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1590