The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings

Not sure why Gent would be interested in gold. He just allowed his underlings to get pounded. The bad god Dawos did not even get screen time in the book. At times you wanted the authors to open one of those doors and go back into the past and prevent this travesty from happening. The characters were paper thin in depth and there was no connection other than the fact that they all seemed to have the hots for each other. I kept hoping that surely there will be some sort of way for the authors to redeem themselves.

Took me more than four weeks to finish listening to the book. There was no redemption for Althalus or the authors even, to be found here. I have a suspicion that the novel started out with the title, and then they tried to work the plots to fit the title. Started well, then the authors forgot exactly what they set out to do. Boldly written and brilliantly imagined, The Redemption of Althalus is an epic fantasy to be savored in the listening and returned to again and again for the wisdom, excitement, and humor that only the Eddingses can provide. But only if Althalus, still a thief at heart, can bring together a ragtag group of men, women, and children with no reason to trust him or each other. Her evil brother shares the power, and while Dweia has been teaching Althalus the secrets of The Book, the ancient God has been using the dark magic of his own Book to rewrite history. For when Althalus leaves the House at the End of the World, much wiser but not a day older than when he'd first entered it, thousands of years have gone by.īut Dweia is not the only one able to manipulate time. She must be: for in no time at all, she has stolen his heart. She is Dweia, sister to The Gods and a greater thief even than Althalus.

On his way to steal The Book from the House at the End of the World, Althalus is confronted by a cat - a cat with eyes like emeralds, the voice of a woman, and the powers of a goddess. Yet of all the men in the world, it is Althalus, unrepentant rogue and scoundrel, who will become the champion of humanity in its desperate struggle against the forces of an ancient god determined to return the universe to nothingness. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an occasional murderer, an outrageous braggart, and a man devoid of even the slightest hint of honor. It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend.

With The Redemption of Althalus, the Eddingses have created their first-ever stand-alone epic fantasy. But with those sagas brought to their triumphant conclusions, fans were left hungry for more. Listeners have thrilled to The Belgariad and The Malloreon, magic-filled masterworks chronicling the timeless conflict between good and evil. Mythmakers and world builders of the first order, the Eddingses spin tales that make imaginations soar.

The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings