The Belgariad influence

A fan of mine called JAY emailed me recently to say: "I’ve just started reading The Belgariad series and saw your quote in the front of the book. I’ve been a massive fan of your books for some time and wondered if anything from this series has helped inspire your work. I saw some parallels in Belgarath and Beranabus and wanted to see if it was a little Easter egg!" Jay was partly right about the Belgariad easter egg, but got the wrong book and characters! While Belgarath might have been ...