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- Page 9 and 10: SYNOPSIS OF ERAGON AND ELDEST Erago
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- Page 13 and 14: THE GATES OF DEATH Eragon stared at
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- Page 17 and 18: Eragon had renounced all affiliatio
- Page 19 and 20: AROUND THE CAMPFIRE The low mound o
- Page 21 and 22: The morning after the massive battl
- Page 23 and 24: Roran nodded and stood, brushing di
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- Page 27 and 28: Roran’s entire identity was based
- Page 29 and 30: “Very well: what human woman can
- Page 31 and 32: “I jumped off Saphira when we wer
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- Page 35 and 36: ASSAULT ON HELGRIND Daybreak was fi
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- Page 39 and 40: Eragon clamped his mouth shut as hi
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- Page 45 and 46: Talk later, said Saphira. As soon a
- Page 47 and 48: Have I changed so much, he asked hi
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“Curssse you, Rider! I curssse yo
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darkened as if a cloud had covered
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TO WALK THE LAND ALONE Eragon’s s
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Eragon considered unacceptable. Bes
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mercy. He did not deny his acts or
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Däthedr’s catlike eyes drifted n
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Eragon shivered. Even during his co
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Eragon waited, but when she remaine
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walk the land . . . to walk the lan
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THE TRIAL OF THE LONG KNIVES “But
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man does not help his family, whom
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Across from Nasuada, Fadawar had be
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avoid cutting too deeply. She shudd
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so immediate and menacing. She floa
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WINGED TIDINGS A gap appeared then
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Elva laughed then, a brittle sound.
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her, cloaking her in a blue halo. S
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It occurred to Nasuada, as she rega
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she should press Saphira for the tr
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other’s minds, his bond with her
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of his wounds, his body remembered
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with them one could learn new words
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“Bergan.” With that, the watchm
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Eragon hurried across the room to h
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“I’m not surprised. . . . Very
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on the palisade, motionless and bre
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about other, inconsequential happen
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and mastering the tools and techniq
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“Well, things are different now.
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“Here is my offer. This morning,
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BLOODWOLF What a proud man, thought
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“I’ll go even further if it mea
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Touching his first two fingers to h
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“Well?” asked Nasuada. It seeme
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the west, rapidly descending on out
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presence so close to the border wit
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Eragon gasped and doubled over, cra
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“Thank you,” he said. It surpri
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eleased the flow of magic and set a
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“Breathing?” “Slow, regular b
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“Over twenty years,” repeated A
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nearly a foot in the air. A single
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Arya signed a stop to the sentence
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“Unless he is so evil or so demen
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twisting white tendrils, like the s
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Eragon considered what Brom had tol
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AMID THE RESTLESS CROWD It was mida
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Saphira and bolted in the opposite
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“Unfortunately, I was otherwise e
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“Somehow I think Roran would have
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TO ANSWER A KING After Eragon gave
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King Orrin’s response was equally
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least, answer to the one lord even
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A FEAST WITH FRIENDS Eragon and Sap
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small, narrow-shouldered girl gazed
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“Speak of what? Stop beating arou
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INTERSECTING SAGAS It was just afte
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fighting the urge to knock aside hi
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her head. Padding toward her, Solem
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a freak, neither a child nor an adu
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language. Each word fell from his t
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you, Rider; I am just as prepared t
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GIFTS OF GOLD Eragon stood next to
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pump the leather bellows, Horst gri
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Before long, he arrived at another
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Eragon sipped his tea. “After the
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language—for she was a spellcaste
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“Are not all religions strange to
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I NEED A SWORD! Once Domia abr Wyrd
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Plucking a sword from the rack, Fre
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“You chose well,” he said. Fred
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Tilting forward, she pulled her win
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charges through the clearing. Lorin
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preceding his arrival by several se
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FIRE IN THE SKY As Eragon watched T
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of such tremendous skill, I want yo
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appeared a vast, puzzled sadness, a
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Arya answered, He must have imbued
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smile. Without pause, Eragon yanked
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Now, said Saphira, I must fly. She
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Before Eragon could ask more, a col
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“Nonsense,” scoffed Eragon. “
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Only then did he and Saphira seek o
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like polished copper. In her hands
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Smiling, Eragon drew a red ribbon f
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“Always. As you should be.” Nas
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“That we live in a strange world,
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“Dauth, perhaps. Remember, Lady A
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ORDERS Late that night, visions of
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failure. He will not send them to a
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Saphira? he asked. Flecks of purple
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Nasuada leaned her head against the
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For a handful of minutes, Eragon an
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Saphira climbed a few hundred feet
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him to remain with the Varden for a
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fore: that which bent rays of light
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OVER HILL AND MOUNTAIN Eragon and N
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placed a flat piece of shale across
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“You have killed many humans, hav
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snapped up the gobbets of flesh, th
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When one of the children—a girl,
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deep in the Empire’s territory, a
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By the middle of the convoy, howeve
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Roran paused by the first two soldi
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to consummate our betrothal and bec
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move or think, until his vision tur
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“Eta. No. It was too . . . tediou
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Eragon stopped and stared at the dw
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THE LAUGHING DEAD Roran squatted an
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slow, so that a confused moth that
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“Hold the line!” shouted Martla
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BLOOD ON THE ROCKS Frustrated, Erag
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It was the same hallway through whi
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crouched over Isidar Mithrim until
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“Ah.” Orik said nothing more un
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Eragon sauntered over to the bronze
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and seamless, seemingly unbroken by
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Gesturing at the crumpled corpses o
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Tilting on the wind and swinging he
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Blödhgarm bowed with an elegant ge
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Roran’s thoughts flashed quick-ho
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makes you the greatest warrior in A
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At first Eragon agreed with Orik’
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walking toward the curtained alcove
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CLANMEET The dwarves standing watch
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memories of the attack so they may
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ak Anhûin, but if the purple-veile
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Lowering his bearded chin until it
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Perhaps they still believe they are
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he is no guest and we may treat him
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Pushing himself away from the table
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INSUBORDINATION The rich black soil
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With a laugh, Carn said, “That’
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A group of Roran’s warriors rode
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me? Think carefully. I will claim r
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you spine, then know this: Roran St
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From his elevated position, Roran c
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itch and crawl, followed by a bless
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As he sat waiting for Edric to give
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When Saphira reached the count of s
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shook herself from head to tail, he
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FOUR STROKES UPON THE DRUM Eragon l
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continue to aid the Varden in their
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Four times in total the bass note s
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identities to merge once again. The
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ASCENSION The Drums of Derva sounde
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servant! We thank you for your magn
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you, the weapon will miss. The band
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WORDS OF WISDOM “Sorry,” said E
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Eragon continued: “Even under the
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“No,” said Nasuada softly. “T
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post and held up a leather-wrapped
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aware, our alliance with the Urgals
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I know, but I didn’t have time to
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had made it impossible for anyone o
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BUTTING HEADS The raid on the suppl
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Roran pondered his situation before
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Checking his headlong rush just bef
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GENEALOGY On the fourth day after l
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The better part of an hour passed b
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then refuse to listen to the answer
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the younger by three years, held Mo
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packed his bags, made his excuses t
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“Think, Eragon. If you had been l
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A light breeze swept across the cle
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INHERITANCE Eragon remained sitting
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twofold. Whatever you do, protect t
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SOULS OF STONE As Eragon pushed awa
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would learn about his Eldunarí fro
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Ah, said Glaedr, often we despised
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Oromis nodded. “You are fortunate
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Dragon Riders. They are Arvindr and
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The weeping man is broken inside, G
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and ask for her help. But he might
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ut every Rider deserves a proper sw
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From the glade by Rhunön’s house
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While they continued to plead with
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I will, Eragon said without hesitat
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cultivating it with the care of a g
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stepped in front of Eragon, holding
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The roaring pillar of fire illumina
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faint, silvery sheen, as if the two
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neck as the elf children gazed at h
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With a single hand, Eragon swung th
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“But I wasn’t trying to cast a
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Roran filled his lungs with the coo
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Several minutes passed, and then in
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order. Ah, do not look so apprehens
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closeness of their contact. Eragon
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FLIGHT From Ellesméra, Saphira and
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Then Eragon rummaged with one hand
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BRISINGR! Saphira tucked her wings
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“Go,” he said. “You and Blöd
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“She’s fine.” “Once this is
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They surprised him by swerving off
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kept pushing away. Flocks of whinin
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SHADOW OF DOOM By then, Blödhgarm
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Eragon threw himself at the mind of
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thoughts without your permission, E
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Galbatorix chuckled. “Such a hars
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Yelping in agony, the red dragon wr
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coughed, spitting up blood. Since s
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“I believe she wishes to speak wi
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we can separate him from these hear
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Eragon gazed down at the Eldunarí
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PRONUNCIATION: Ajihad—AH-zhi-hod
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letta—stop Liduen Kvaedhí—Poet
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Kvetha Fricaya. Gre
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