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- Page 5: The Tree of Life Mind over Metal A
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- Page 16 and 17: Closing his eyes, Eragon slowly ext
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- Page 24 and 25: Eragon stared at the coals. She had
- Page 26 and 27: Roran’s eyebrows met, his lips ti
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- Page 34 and 35: Without moving, Eragon whispered in
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- Page 46 and 47: DIVERGENCE The butcher sat slumped
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- Page 50 and 51: I know, but we cannot protect every
- Page 52 and 53: RIDER AND RA’ZAC Eragon sat bathe
- Page 54 and 55: Securing his hold on Sloan, Eragon
- Page 56 and 57: allowed himself to revel in satisfa
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was his suspicion that Sloan was de
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“I’ll return,” he said. “I
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with, a reaction she anticipated bu
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“You twist the truth to suit your
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“I am rich already,” said Fadaw
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laceration twice as deep as the oth
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Varden merely hid in Farthen Dûr a
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For a long minute, perhaps two, the
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Angela also pulled a dagger from so
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Nasuada dipped her head, taking to
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I’m not myself this evening, real
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ESCAPE AND EVASION Eragon’s feet
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“Nothing,” said the soldier, re
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at its strange construction, for it
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Throughout the rest of that day and
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Do they behave like that because th
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Aside from the table, the only othe
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As the empty hours crept by, Eragon
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Taking advantage of the ensuing pau
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A DELICATE MATTER The muscles of Ro
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killed at any moment, and there’s
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A smile touched her lips. “Perhap
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Startled, Roran bowed again. “Tha
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“Awe-inspiring, aren’t they?”
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Nasuada turned back toward the elve
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“With Saphira helping us, yes, we
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Following her advice, Nasuada summo
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MERCY, DRAGON RIDER It was midafter
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“No, sir.” “No, sir? Didn’t
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“Because they stand between us an
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SHADOWS OF THE PAST That night, Era
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Arya nodded, a sharp, birdlike moti
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A touch of pride colored her voice.
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“And Morzan’s son,” he said.
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Shade or some other similarly power
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What a horrible fate, to lose one
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from the rest of the world. They sa
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Eragon fell to his knees, arm outst
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“The real question,” said Arya,
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Maybe, but that’s because I’m s
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Of course I have. You only notice i
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and Eragon grasped the smith’s br
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When the Varden’s outpouring of e
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longed to break free of the stiflin
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In response to King Orrin’s sally
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plants are concerned. I half believ
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When he was clean and garbed in the
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“Are you willing to give that up?
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inconsequential patch of light dwar
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he felt his countenance darken as h
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eing ignorant. For me, a question u
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MAKING AMENDS “You are late,” s
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The wrinkles on her face contorted
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choice and not forced upon me by yo
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Eragon grasped her by the arm and h
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From the center of the yellow patch
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Gedric met his gaze then, looking a
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“Do you feel that the Varden ough
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postulating that there was a piece
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The three of them started at the un
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Improvising, Eragon added, “And f
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Fredric nodded and examined the edg
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Fredric rapped a knuckle against th
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onto Saphira’s back. He whooped a
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UNEXPECTED GUESTS The next morning,
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Pain. Great pain. Yours. The Varden
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languishing trees. And upon the bac
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“Lady Nightstalker.” Throwing b
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Remember, said Arya, remain as clos
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the king’s displeasure again. We
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was not pursuing him, he circled up
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Thorn writhed and screamed, a horri
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But we do not have the capabilities
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With a gruesome grimace, the soldie
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Nasuada snapped her fingers, summon
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MAN AND WIFE Four hours later, Erag
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“She brings her love and devotion
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always know how to find each other,
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The maimed swordsman cackled. “Yo
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WHISPERS IN THE NIGHT Roran opened
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Like a living creature, the ship da
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“I am sure you would,” said Nas
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Staring somewhat beyond Nasuada, Er
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Eragon doubted the elves would be p
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far exceed Murtagh’s, despite the
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FOOTPRINTS OF SHADOW With a series
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cacophony so harsh, it made Eragon
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After rubbing her snout against her
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creek widened into a small pond, an
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“I did not say you were.” With
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down upon the ground and said, ‘I
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land that was still caught in the s
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Neither of them looked away from th
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FOR MY LOVE Roran stared at the rou
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Pulling on Snowfire’s reins to sl
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Roran promptly smashed the soldier
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A FOREST OF STONE A cheer went up f
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and grain do not fall too low, that
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that it obscured the rest of the va
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good of my people, I intend to seek
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A broad smile spread across Orik’
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Roran grunted and turned away from
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An idea occurred to Roran then. He
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As Martland Redbeard walked across
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chiefs who shared his views would l
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shards together into a cohesive who
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“No, no setback. Only, these deli
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chief of Dûr grimst Ledwonnû, Man
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safety, a white blade, writhing as
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As he completed a revolution and hi
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A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE The wind-of
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her altitude, she flew up the Jiet
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“If you continue to distinguish y
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KISS ME SWEET Waking, Roran extrica
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GLÛMRA Hundreds of feet below Tron
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After a minute, Glûmra straightene
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faith does not necessarily mean it
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“That or it could have been someo
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momentous and bloody fate had inter
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emnants of some obscure skirmish fr
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already his slaves is that, so far,
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Gannel turned toward Orik. “Prese
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Not a word came from Vermûnd. Laug
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“—or queen shall take place.”
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wildlife. The only evidence that me
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they were in the open, flying down
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Lashing out with his hooves, Snowfi
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“Remember, the bolts cannot harm
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The houses on either side of the st
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attle to end, Roran whipped his ham
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Turning to him then, Harald said,
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MESSAGE IN A MIRROR The morning sun
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an Urgal would be punished as if he
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Eragon was in place, she lifted her
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Orik shifted and glanced away. “E
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they say we fought alongside the hu
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REUNION It was nearly a mile from w
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A plume of smoke escaped from betwe
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eastern branch of the four main hal
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“Nal, Grimstnzborith Orik!” the
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shall not forget your deed. Let it
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with the Varden, as I have before.
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THE WHIPPING POST Roran sat bolt up
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“Because I said that I would rema
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“Nasuada? . . . Why would—”
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AMONG THE CLOUDS From Tronjheim, Sa
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No, she repeated again. Save Aren f
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examine the Menoa tree. They had di
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The Urgal’s heavy brow beetled, n
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lows Roran could deliver with his b
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Yarbog’s head twitched under Rora
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A hand entered his field of vision.
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“Then why didn’t you tell me!
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TWO LOVERS DOOMED Eragon gaped at t
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“Not at all,” replied Oromis.
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Morzan’s healers and forced them
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Eragon continued to finger the smal
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“The day Saphira and I left for t
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though they might, no being escapes
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Eragon put a hand on her neck, and
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Eragon frowned. “I don’t unders
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Oromis resumed speaking: “When Ga
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Oromis hesitated, and it was Glaedr
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HANDS OF A WARRIOR Eragon nibbled o
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“Sorcery is not like other magics
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THE TREE OF LIFE From the Crags of
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With a single finger, Lord Fiolr st
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The wire-thin lines on Rhunön’s
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No, but I like it not. We do not kn
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Why did you hurt me, dragon? the vo
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MIND OVER METAL “Where did you fi
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eing able to grip the hilt with bot
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she touched a cluster of pieces tha
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into a bar, then made a cut in the
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the tip of the blade came free of t
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A RIDER IN FULL Wake, little one, s
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Her claws sank into the earth. No.
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GREAVES AND BRACERS A single candle
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LEAVE-TAKING From Rhunön’s house
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are fortunate to have been able to
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Oromis glanced at Glaedr, and the e
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“Now let us be gone from here,”
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from sacked villages. The sight of
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Saphira stopped talking as another
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trio of spellcasters. They engaged
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Arya silently opened the door at th
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“He and his companion felt that t
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Eragon dashed a pile of rugs from t
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through the narrow gap and out the
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Eragon’s head whipped on his neck
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“Right,” said Eragon. He hefted
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Tronjheim, but if anything, he was
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and then I will kill you, Oromis, a
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he drove himself at the Shade’s s
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SUNRISE As Eragon and Arya escorted
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So for the next half hour, Eragon s
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Urû’baen, where we will cast dow
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HERE ENDS THE THIRD BOOK OF THE INH
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Atra du evarínya ono varda, Däthe
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grimstcarvlorss—arranger of the h
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At Listening Library: Gerard Doyle,