Magician's Gambit
Magician's Gambit is the third part of The Belgariad, a fantasy book series written by David Eddings continuing the events in Queen of Sorcery and is followed by Castle of Wizardry. Plot summary. Garion and friends go after Ctuchik, the evil Angarak sorcerer who has the Orb. Reception. Colin Greenland reviewed "Magician's Gambit" for "Imagine" magazine, and stated that "For all its accumulated bulk of pages, this really is easy reading. Try it to distract you while you're weaving your next tapestry."