The Seeress of Kell

The Seeress of Kell

David Eddings

First published 1991Original language EN

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 10180 ratingsConfidence 55%: this much of the score is the readers’ own

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Our view

“The Seeress of Kell” brings “The Malloreon” to a warm close as Garion and his companions reach the last stage of the search for his son. Readers who have followed all five volumes describe a bittersweet farewell, with laughter and tears in the same pages, and some wish the story had gone on to another generation. As a finale it rests on everything before it, so the first book is the one to begin with.

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About the book

Now in the final stages of their quest for his son, Garion and his companions travel to Kell to consult the only undamaged copy of the Malloreon Gospels. For centuries the Seers have guarded this book from the Grolims and even had their wizards put a curse on those who tried to enter Kell.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Reading order · The Malloreon

Full order & progress →
Score per volume5 volumes on a timeline, 1987 to 1991 · Best-rated volume: King of the Murgos
  1. Guardians of the West
    Guardians of the West1987 · 189 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. King of the Murgos
    King of the Murgos1988 · 196 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  3. The Demon Lord of Karanda
    The Demon Lord of Karanda1988 · 169 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  4. Sorceress of Darshiva
    Sorceress of Darshiva1989 · 159 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. The Seeress of Kell
    The Seeress of Kell1991 · 180 ratingsThis book
    7.87.8 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 180 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.012 7%
Hardcover7.7168 93%

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