Editing The Malloreon (section)

=== ''King of the Murgos'' ===

{{Infobox book | 
| name          = King of the Murgos
| author        = [[David Eddings]]
| illustrator   = Shelly Shapiro
| cover_artist  = Edwin Herder
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = The Malloreon
| genre         = [[Fantasy]]
| publisher     = Del Rey Books
| exclude_cover     = yes
| release_date  = 04/1988
| media_type    = Print (  )
| pages         = 458 (hard cover)
| isbn          =  0-345-33002-1
| preceded_by   = {{pslink|Guardians of the West}}
| followed_by   = {{pslink|Demon Lord of Karanda}}
}}

In this book, [[Belgarion]] and his fellow travelers learn more about the murderous woman [[Zandramas]] and of her minion, a white-eyed Angarak named Naradas. During their stay in Nyissa they recruit Sadi, a eunuch expelled from Queen Salmissra's court. Sadi convinces the group to pose as slavers searching for escaped runaways as the Mallorean army ravages Cthol Murgos. When they enter the wastelands of Cthol Murgos, they are captured by the desert-dwelling Dagashi and given the task of secreting an assassin through the Mallorean army lines. Eventually, they arrive in the palace of the King of the Murgos, Urgit, and discover, to Kheldar's surprise, that his father had sired the Murgo King while on a diplomatic mission many years before.

Urgit, upon learning that Kheldar is his half-brother, arranges for the group to travel south to the Isle of Verkat. Before they leave the city, they find that the Dagashi assassin is in fact Harakan. Garion and Harakan duel with swords until Harakan realizes he is about to lose and resorts to sorcery to save himself. The group then sails south. En route, their ship wrecks and they must travel to the coast on foot. On the coast, Toth tells them that [[Minor Characters (Belgariad)#Cyradis|Cyradis]] has arranged a boat to take them to the island. On the island, they are directed to Ashaba, Torak's ruined castle. Before they can leave the island, Mallorean soldiers come looking for them, and Cyradis, who must abet both Necessities equally, tells Toth to alert the guards to their presence. The book ends with the company being sent to Emperor Zakath's Imperial Stronghold.

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