For hundreds of years in the Celtic lands, the women descended from
the priestess Veleda have carried on a sacred tradition born in a
desert realm a world away. They alone among the Celts worship the
Egyptian cat-headed goddess Bast -- devoutly practicing her ways of
healing and prophecy, while repudiating the murderous rites of her
sister and nemesis, the lion-headed Sekhmet.
POLGARA-The Sorceress
by David and Leigh Eddings
Polgara the Sorceress rises above the world of warriors, kings
and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter
Poledra, she has worked magic for three thousand years.
