The Redemption of Althalus

David Eddings · Leigh Eddings

Jun 2010 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

A fabulous Eddings standalone fantasy, set in an entirely new magical world.

Burglar, armed robber and sometime murderer, our hero Althalus is commissioned to steal a book from the House at the End of the World by a mysterious cloaked stranger named Ghend.
At the House at the End of the World, he finds a talking cat... in the same room as the book Ghend described. What he can’t find once he’s in the house is the door by which he entered. Only 2467 years and an ice age later does Althalus re-emerge with the cat, Emmy. He’s read the book written by the god Deiwos, whose evil brother Daeva is trying to unmake the world. Emmy is in fact their sister and she’s setting out to save the world with Althalus to help her.
No easy task. First there is a quest to unearth the magical knife that will enable Emmy to assemble her band of essential helpers: Eliar (young soldier), Andine (leader of a small country), Bheid (black-robed priest), Gher (ten-year old orphan), Leitha (telepath/witch).
Battles follow against Gelta the Queen of Night and the armies of Daeva involving many devious manoeuvres in and out of the House where Doors can be opened to any place at any time. Daeva has his Doors, too. When Daeva can’t win through battle, he tries revolution. When Dweia (Emmy) can’t win any other way, Althalus will persuade her to lie, cheat and steal – reciprocating the lessons in truth, justice and morality Emmy has been giving him for some while.
The existence of the world hangs in the balance and love cannot be guaranteed to triumph in this glorious epic fantasy.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of my favourite books of all time, the story line is interesting it's a good fantasy adventure but with a twist. The characters are great and I love that the protagonist isn't your stereotypical good guy. Every time I read it it's like im reading it for the first time, I get completely lost in the story and can't put it down.

I've read and re-read the hard copy of this book more times than I can count. However being such a hefty sized novel, it's not the most portable book to say the least. Thankfully having a digital copy of book makes it a fair bit easier to travel with it. Would definitely recommend ☺

Over the past ten years i have read this book more times than i can remember. Without a doubt the most fantastic read you could wish for, amazing characters and the story itself is second to none. Take a chance on this book and you will not be sorry!

About the author

David Eddings was born in Washington State in 1931 and grew up near Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the US Army. Subsequently, he worked as a buyer for the Boeing Aircraft Company and taught college-level English. His career as a fantasy writer, with his wife Leigh, has been spectacular.