Brisingr

Christopher Paolini’s Brisingr, published in 2008, is a work of YA Fantasy. It is the third volume in a series of four books, including Eragon, Eldest, and Inheritance, which together form the Inheritance Cycle. While Eragon is the protagonist of this series, the chapters are presented from several different points of view, all in third person. In this text, narrators include Eragon, Saphira, Roran, and Nasuada.

Plot Summary

Brisingr opens with Eragon, Saphira, and Roran hiding outside of Helgrind, watching Galbatorix’s priests perform a ritual on the mountain. After the ritual ends, they approach the mountain, discover an entry point, and begin to search for Katrina (Roran’s betrothed) and another prisoner held captive within the mountain. In order to save Katrina, they must fight two Lethrblakas and the final few Ra’zac. They free Katrina but Eragon stays behind to deal with her father Sloan and kill the remaining Ra’zac. After leaving Sloan in Mirnathor, he heads for the Varden. On the way, he finds Arya in the town of Eastcroft; together they return to the Varden.