Brisingr (#3 Inheritance Cycle)

Author(s): Christopher Paolini

Middle Fiction

Experience the bestselling phenomenon of Brisingr, now in a deluxe edition This deluxe edition includes deleted scenes, never-before-seen art by the author, and a guide to dwarf runes.   Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.   First is Eragon's oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran's beloved from King Galbatorix's clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength--as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices--choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.   In Eragon lies the greatest hope for a better Alaga sia. Can this once simple farm boy rise to become the leader he must to unite the rebel forces and defeat the king?   A #1 New York Times BestsellerA #1 USA Today BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA Publishers Weekly BestsellerAn IndieBound Bestseller


Product Information

The third gripping volume in Christopher Paolini's bestselling Inheritance Cycle.

"A compelling and action-filled adventure ... a galloping good example of its genre" Daily Telegraph "This book is an achievement. Readers will be transported" The Sunday Times "Paolini writes like someone gripped by his own story" Guardian "A stirring fantasy of epic proportions" The Bookseller "Bound for the bestsellers" Publishing News

Christopher Paolini was educated at home by his parents. His abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at fifteen. He became a New York Times bestselling author at nineteen. Christopher lives in Montana, USA, where the dramatic landscape fed his vision of Alagaesia. Inheritance, the final book in the sequence, will be published in November 2011.

General Fields

  • : 9780552552127
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 536.0
  • : May 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 42mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Christopher Paolini
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : [Fic]
  • : very good
  • : 800