Complex sentence: The book opens with a brief prologue concerning past events, from the creation of the world by seven gods, through the recovery of the Orb of Aldur by Belgarath the Sorcerer, King Cherek, and his children.
Split into simpler sentences: The book opens with a brief prologue concerning past events, from the creation of the world by seven gods,. The Orb of Aldur is recovered by Belgarath the Sorcerer, King Cherek, and his children.