THE INHERITANCE CYCLE
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm:
Tales from Alagaësia, Volume 1
FRACTALVERSE
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Unity
Fractal Noise
WO@LD••E@AGÅTí
STOPMER
PAO
Alfred A. Knöpf
New York
Argument
Behold, the land of Alagaësia, vast and verdant, full of mystery. Here stand mountains that scrape the stars, forests as fathomless as an ocean, deserts scorched to barrenness, and more besides. Throughout, one will find divers peoples and creatures, from hardy humans to long-lived elves to deep-dwelling dwarves to war-wedded Urgals. And above all else, dragons
—bright and brilliant and terrifying in their ancient glory.
For the past century, King Galbatorix reigned as tyrant over most of the human-settled lands and was a terror to the other races as well. By his will, the dragons were broken, and their numbers much reduced until only few remained.
Those brave folk who opposed Galbatorix fled into the hinterlands, where they came to call themselves the Varden. There they dwelt, with little hope for victory, until the dragon Saphira hatched for the human Eragon.
Together—and under the wise leadership of the Lady Nasuada—they marched against Galbatorix’s Empire.
Now the king is slain, and the war to overthrow him is ended, and the land entered a state of renewal.
Yet even in this peace, shadows stir, and there are whispers of strange happenings about the edges of Alagaësia, and of these, one man seeks to know the truth….
To hold the center amid a storm, To cleave or cling or seize the standard?
’Tis a question troubles even
The broadest mind. A stand of aspen
Grows as tall and strong as the lonely
Oak. Honor demands, duty compels,
And love cajoles, but the self insists.
— Quandaries 14–20
Atten the Red
CEUNON