Inheritance Cycle Book 3

The title, Brisingr, means "fire" in the fictional ancient language. It was released on September 20, 2008. I went to the Barnes & Nobles on the 19 and I waited till midnight because they were releasing the book at that time. I've waited a couple of years for the book to come out and now I have to wait another at most two years for the last book. According to the Algaesia site, the book sold 550,000 copies on its first day of sale.

This book is about "The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular" Throughout the first two books, Eragon and Saphira made promises through out the stories. In this book, they make amends to most of them.

Eragon, Roran, and Saphira rescue Roran's fiance, Katrina, who is held prisoner at Helgrind, the dwelling place of the Ra'zac. Eragon also finds Sloan, Katrina's imprisoned father and a traitor to Carvahall. While Saphira, Roran and Katrina return to the Varden, Eragon slays the remaining Ra'zac. Using Sloan's true name (which he discovers by accident), Eragon commands him to travel towards the Elves' domain before returning to the Varden himself. Meanwhile, Arya finds Eragon in a town named Eastcroft, and together, they return to the Varden. At the Varden's camp, Eragon attempts to reverse the curse he accidentally set upon Elva but after a failed first try Elva says that she doesn't want the curse to be entirely removed after she discovers she can ignore it, later saying that next time she and Eragon met they would not be a friend or a foe, but she keeps her loyalty to Saphira. Eragon proceeds to repays small debts, and settles other minor affairs.

Part of the reason why the book was getting really big was due to Paolini adding a hundred pages about Sloan. Sloan had betrayed his friends. Sloan had betrayed Roran of letting the Ra Zac to capture Katrina. Sloan wanted them to take Roran but they ended up taking him and Katrina. The reason he added Sloan was to show a side of Eragon we haven't seen yet. He didn't want to become a killer. It was his duty to protect to fight in the army but he didn't want to be God when it came to deciding his faith.

Oh and about Roran. There is a chapter where he kills 193 people in one battle!