Eldest opens in the aftermath of this battle. Eragon realizes that he needs to learn more and decides to take the advice of The Cripple Who Is Whole and go to the land of the elves in order to study magic and fighting. Stability among the Varden is threatened when the leader of the group is killed in a follow-up Urgal-tracking operation; Eragon’s friend Murtagh and a pair of sorcerers named the Twins disappear in the same operation. The Varden choose their fallen leader’s daughter, Nasuada, to lead them; Eragon and Saphira, as important public figures, are asked to endorse this choice, which they do. Before they leave the land of the dwarves, the dwarf king asks to adopt Eragon as an honorary member of his family. Nasuada decides to move the Varden to the free land of Surda to organize another strike against Galbatorix.

Meanwhile, Eragon’s cousin, Roran, returns to their home village of Carvahall hoping to marry the butcher’s daughter, Katrina. The village is besieged by imperial soldiers, led by Galbatorix’s sinister agents, the Ra’zac, who are looking for Roran. The villagers begin resisting; they fight well, but their opponents are more powerful and vow to destroy the villagers. When the Ra’zac capture Katrina, Roran organizes his community to travel en masse to Surda to join the resistance, a journey that is completed only with many hardships, and which changes Roran into a toughened, sometimes ruthless leader.

Eragon, Saphira, Arya, and a dwarf named Orik travel to Ellesméra, the capital city of the elves, which is buried deep in a forest, for further training. Eragon receives further training and thus he continues his quest to defeat Galbatorix with hurdles and many shocking incidents in the journey.

13+, people who love adventurous, action and fantasy books!

the development of the plot. I thought that Eragon and Saphira would defeat Galbatorix in just one part but the story is prolonged and I so happy to read the whole series, currently on 3rd part.

go to the library and immediately start reading the third part.

really brightened and curious because I wanted to know how Murtagh joined Galbatorix and how this happened, that and etc.

Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book

the amazing journey and the advancement of the plot. A really good experience for young novelists and authors!

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