Belgarath The Sorcerer
by David Eddings
Paperback

"The story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the Will and the Word, on whom the fate of the world depends. This is his own account of the struggle that went before 'The Belgariad' and 'The Malloreon'. Only one man could tell of those near-forgotten times. That man is known as the Old Wolf."