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The Inheritance Cycle, Books 1-3
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The Inheritance Cycle, Books 1-3 (collective work) (edit title/settings)

Eragon / Eldest / Brisingr

by Christopher Paolini (Author) (edit contributors)

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The 3-story Inheritance Cycle prepack includes Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr.


Eragon:
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old... read more

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  1. Eragon

    Eragon

    by Christopher Paolini (Author)

    When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the spine, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire...

  2. Eldest

    Eldest

    by Christopher Paolini (Author)

    Darkness falls. ... Swords clash. ... Evil reigns. ......

  3. Brisingr

    Brisingr

    by Christopher Paolini (Author)

    OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.

    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...

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  • - Eragon, Saphira, Ayra, and others set out to save the land from the grasp of Galbatorix. Great!!!

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This is a very good book. It starts out with battle, and then roran is buried under a building collapse, but Eragon rescues him. Next, the werecats arrive and form an alliance with the Varden. Eragon and Arya try to help Glaeder and help Horst's wife with birthing a has a catlip, which Eragon... read more

This is a very good book. It starts out with battle, and then roran is buried under a building collapse, but Eragon rescues him. Next, the werecats arrive and form an alliance with the Varden. Eragon and Arya try to help Glaeder and help Horst's wife with birthing a has a catlip, which Eragon gets rid of. Isn't it pathetic how little time is spent on typing this? Most of these are inaccurate or too boring.

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  • “Everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten.”
    Saphira
  • “Do you want me to eat her?" Asked Saphira. "Not yet”
    Saphira and Eragon
  • “Men, dwarfs, Urgals, elves, and werecats, fighting alongside one another for the first time in history.”
  • “We should proceed with caution" whispered Wyrden. Algela made a faint noise in her throat. "How else were you planning to proceed? With blaring trumpets and shouting heralds? Really.”
    Wyrden and Angela
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Varden: A group of people dedicated to stopping the empire

First Sentence edit see section history

Eragon: "Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world." Eldest: "The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living." Brisingr: "Eragon stared at the dark tower of stone wherein hid the monsters who had murdered his uncle, Garrow."

Table of Contents edit see section history

Eragon:
1. Prologue: Shade of Fear
2. Discovery
3. Palancar Valley
4. Dragon Tales
5. Fate's Gift
6. Awakening
7. Tea for Two
8. A Name of Power
9. A Miller-to-Be
10. Strangers in Carvahall
11. Flight of Destiny
12. The Doom of Innocence
13. Deathwatch
14. The Madness of Life
15. A Rider's Blade
16. Saddlemaking
17. Therinsford
18. Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle
19. Revelation at Yazuac
20. Admonishments
21. Magic is the Simplest Thing
22. Daret
23. Through a Dragon's Eye
24. A Song or the Road
25. A Taste of Teirm
26. An Old Friend
27. The Witch and the Werecat
28. Of Reading and Plots
29. Thieves in the Castle
30. A Costly Mistake
31. Vision of Perfection
32. Master of the Blade
33. The Mine of Dras-Leona
34. Trail of Oil
35. Worshipers of Helgrind
36. The Ra'zac's Revenge
37. Murtagh
38. Legacy of a Rider
39. Diamond Tomb
40.Capture at Gil'ead
41. Du Sundavar Freohr
42. Fighting Shadows
43. A Warrior and a Healer
44. Water from Sand
45. The Ramr River
46. The Hadarac Desert
47. A Path Revealed
48. A Clash of Wills
49. Flight Through the Valley
50. The Horns of a Dilemma
51. Hunting for Answers
52. The Glory of Tronjheim
53. Ajihad
54. Bless the Child, Argetlam
55. Mandrake Root and Newt's Tongue
56. Hall of the Mountain King
57. Arya's Test
58. The Shadows Lengthen
59. Battle Under Farthen Dur
60. The Mourning Sage
61. Pronunciation Guide and Glossary

Eldest:
1. A Twin Disaster
2. The Council of Elders
3. Truth Among Friends
4. Roran
5. The Hunted Hunters
6. Saphira's Promise
7. Requiem
8. Fealty
9. A Sorceress, a Snake, and a Scroll
10. Hrothgar's Gift
11. Hammer and Tongs
12. Retaliation
13. Az Sweldn rak Anhuin
14. Celbedeil
15. Diamonds in the Night
16. Under a Darkling Sky
17. Down the Rushing Mere-Wash
18. Drifting
19. Arya Svit-kona
20. Ceris
21. Wounds of the Past
22. Wounds of the Present
23. His Enemy's Face
24. Arrow to the Heart
25. The Dagshelgr Invocation
26. The Pinewood City
27. Queen Islanzadi
28. Out of the Past
29. Conviction
30. Repercussions
31. Exodus
32.On the Crags of Tel'naeir
33. The Secret Lives of Ants
34. Under the Menoa Tree
35. A Maze of Opposition
36. Hanging by a Thread
37. Elva
38. Resurgence
39. Why Do You Fight?
40. Black Morning Glory
41. The Nature of Evil
42. Image of Perfection
43. The Obliterator
44. Narda
45. The Hammer Falls
46. The Beginning of Wisdom
47. Broken Egg and Scattered Nest
48. The Gift of Dragons
49. In a Starry Glade
50. Landfall
51. Teirm
52. Jeod Longshanks
53. An Unexpected Ally
54. Escape
55. Child's Play
56. Premonition of War
57. Red Blade, White Blade
58. Visions Far and Near
59. Gifts
60. The Maw of the Ocean
61. Running the Boar's Eye
62. To Aberon
63. The Burning Plains
64. The Clouds of War
65. Nar Garzhvog
66. Witch's Brew
67. The Storm Breaks
68. Convergence
69. Eldest
70. Inheritance
71. Reunion
72. Pronunciation Guide and Glossary
73. Acknowledgments

Brisingr:
1. The Gates of Death
2. Around the Campfire
3. Assault on Helgrind
4. Divergence
5. Rider and Ra'zac
6. To Walk the Land Alone
7. The Trial of the Long Knives
8. Winged Tidings
9. Escape and Evasion
10. A Delicate Matter
11. Bloodwolf
12. Mercy, Dragon Rider
13. Shadows of the Past
14. Amid the Restless Crowd
15. To Answer a King
16. A Feast with Friends
17. Intersecting Sagas
18. Making Amends
19. Gifts of Gold
20. I Need a Sword!
21. Unexpected Guests
22. Fire in the Sky
23. Man and Wife
24. Whispers in the Night
25. Orders
26. Footprints of Shadow
27. Over Hill and Mountain
28. For My Love
29. A Forest of Stone
30. The Laughing Dead
31. Blood on the Rocks
32. A Matter of Perspective
33. Kiss Me Sweet
34. Glumra
35. Clanmeet
36. Insubordination
37. Message in a Mirror
38. Four Strokes upon the Drum
39. Reunion
40. Ascension
41. Words of Wisdom
42. The Whipping Post
43. Among the Clouds
44. Butting Heads
45. Genealogy
46. Two Lovers Doomed
47. Inheritance
48. Souls of Stone
49. Hands of a Warrior
50. The Tree of Life
51. Mind over Metal
52. A Rider in Full
53. Greaves and Bracers
54. Leave-taking
55. Flight
56. Brisingr!
57. Shadow of Doom
58. Sunrise
59. Pronunciation Guide and Glossary
60. Acknowledgments

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This book is in Alagaesia. (universe)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Christopher Paolini (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: United States of America
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ISBN: 0-375-82669-6
Page Count: 2244

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