Third book of Eragon trilogy is done. Brisingr addresses many of the questions raised in ERAGON and ELDEST, while posing several new ones as well. Unlike the first two books in the series— Brisingr has a subtitle: The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular. Why? Because I felt it suited the story, and also because, in a way, I still view Brisingr and Book Four as two halves of the same volume; the subtitle is merely the name of the first these two sections. (more…)

Christopher Paolini announed today that the title of Eragon Book Three in the Inheritance cycle is Brisingr. Sometimes one’s first thought is best, and so it was with naming this book. “After many months of trying to sum up a complex story in a single word, it struck me that I had had the name all along. For reasons that will become clear when you read Brisingr, this title is perfect”, says Paolini. (more…)