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  <default_description>Now for the first time in one thrilling volume&amp;#8211;the three magical novels that make up David Eddings&amp;#8217;s epic fantasy The Elenium.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In an ancient kingdom, the legacy of one royal family hangs in the balance, and the fate of a queen&amp;#8211;and her empire&amp;#8211;lies on the shoulders of one knight.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sparhawk, Knight and Queen&amp;#8217;s Champion, has returned to Elenia after ten years of exile, only to find young Queen Ehlana trapped in a crystalline cocoon. The enchantments of the sorceress Sephrenia have kept the queen alive&amp;#8211;but the spell is fading. In the meantime, Elenia is ruled by a prince regent, the puppet of the tyrannical Annias, who vows to seize power over all the land.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now Sparhawk must find the legendary Bhelliom, a sapphire that holds the key to Ehlana&amp;#8217;s cure. Sparhawk and his companions will face monstrous foes and evil creatures on their journey, but even greater dangers lie in wait: for dark legions will stop at nothing to reach the radiant stone, which may possess powers too deadly for any mortal to bear.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[All of the characters in this book seem to speak with the same voice, so it's not always apparent which one is speaking.  The author makes a big deal about describing the great cultural differences between the characters but they mostly all sound like one another.  This issue is exacerbated by the w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65973138">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interested in a straight forward sword and sorcery fantasy? That's what David Eddings provides for most of his novels, and this is no exception.<br/><br/>Everything about the plot and characters scream 'stereotype' - the Heroic Knight must go on a Quest to get a Magical Artifact in order to save h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54040914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was fine, but the most irritating part was the supposed romance between the queen and the knight.  The idea that they loved each other since she was 7 or 8 and he was (I'm guessing) late 20s or early 30s and could pick up 10 years later when she is 17 and he is in his 40s is really repulsi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51173705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not the edition I read, which I can't find here, but it really doesn't matter, and it allows me to cover the entire series in one reviwe/rating.<br/><br/><em>The Elenium</em> is <em>The Belgariad</em> all over again, in a different world. Really. The basic characters are the same (though the main character ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3905410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find that Sparhawk is a little bit more to my taste and this might just be a complete whim, because the similarity between Eddings' other series is staggering. His writing his formulaic, but I find his treatment of Sparkhawk, Ehlana and the other major players in this series is a bit more human an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1845690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, this is when Eddings started to just get silly.  Having written two, five part fantasy epics using the same characters, the same setting, and the same plot, he realized it was a time for a change.  So he decided to write a trilogy, using a different setting . . . but the same plot, and (wait f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/518559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am rereading the Elenium for the third time since it came out. I really like the Pandion Knight Sparhawk (kinda reminds me of me)and his mean assed horse Fahran.This is high adventure, and excellent reading for any one who likes Fantasy/Swords and Sorcery as much as I do.The story is very well wri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44112875">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, <br/>as I've mentioned that this authorcreates outstanding fantasy worlds, with indepth cultures, politics, and religions.  I really liked this series, which I haven't read since highschool.  Five orders of knights come together to save their queen and country from an evil god...I think...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! David Eddings is a pompous asshole and this book is proof. This is just 400 pages of him patting himself on the back. It's really a shame too, because I really like all his other book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The second of David Edding's prehistories that occur before the Belgariad. Here you get a glimpse of the world as seen through the eye of an immortal sorceress as she (gently or not so gently) changes the course of history. It's (and Belgarath the Sorcerer) are probably both mostly enjoyable as Eddi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12661156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[quite epic. but i felt that it was more of a whole book cut into three, and not a trilogy with a plot per book, each increasing in epicness to finish off in the last book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have recently finished the first book in the trilogy, and though at times it was difficult for me to follow, I enjoyed it immensly. This is listed as an adult fantasy, but I believe that people my age would also enjoy it as much as I did.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic writing and well developed fiction.  I am going out to buy the rest of the library now!!!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Still a fine potato chip fantasy, and only 3 volumes instead of 5!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series was great.  Loved it!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did I mention that I'm really a sucker for fantasy? This is a three book series.  A quick, easy read and I really enjoyed the story. Good for some non-intensive fun reading.  By the way, I would mention that I have not read any of his other books - I think I got my fill on this series, and I've hear...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19924798">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 28 09:21:38 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have read this series and the sequel, The Tamuli, about a million times. For some reason felt the need for a re-read.  I don't like many fantasy/sci-fi novels. Very few, in fact. But I like the Eddings books. They have flaws, true, but I like the fact that the characters are real people and not card...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15524627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this once as a teenager and loved it. I'm currently reading it again in my 30's and still love it. Some of the flaws stand out a little more now but its the same story with the same characters I loved. Just a great enjoyable read for those of us that love the escapism of quest fantasy. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first introduction to Epic Fantasy!<br/><br/>I was hooked from the get-go.  All his other epic fantasy novels are great (with the exception of the Dreamers - I was disappointed in that series).  If you like the Elenium, then read the Tamuli, Belgariad, and Malloreon series!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read and reread this series almost yearly for the last 15 years, and thoroughly enjoy it and its follow up, the Tamuli. <br/><br/>Eddings takes good characters and makes them great though their interactions with each other.  ]]></body>
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