Her hair streaked white by her father's first touch, her mind guided by
a mother she will not see again for centuries, Polgara begins life in
her Uncle Beldin's tower, and in the prehistorical, magical Tree that
stands in the middle of the Vale. There, she first learns the reaches of
her powers. There, she assumes the bird shapes that will serve her on
her adventures. And there she starts on the path toward her destiny as
Duchess of Erat, shepherdess of the cause of good, adversary of Torak
the One-Eyed Dragon God, and guardian of the world's last, best hope:
the heir to the Rivan throne. Here is the legendary life story of a
woman of wit, passion, and complex emotions, a woman born of two
majestic parents who could not have been more unlike each other.
Ordained to make peace and make war, to gain love and lose love, Polgara
lives out her family's rich prophecy in the ceaseless struggle between
the Light and the Dark.