Brisingr is the third book in the bestselling Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. It is preceded by the books Eragon and Eldest, the first of which has also been made onto a movie.
As can be seen from the counter on the right, there are only 100 days of waiting left! Brisingr will be released on September 20th. With the long wait since the last book, I’m sure we’re all anxious to get our hands on the next one.
If you have nothing better to do while waiting the release, you can find links the spoilers released to date below. Again, if you would rather not hear anything, don’t click!
Have fun waiting and discussing the book!
A new official spoiler for Brisingr has been released by Random House (the publisher) and Christopher Paolini. It can be found on the official Alagaesia site and was also announced in the Inheritance newsletter. If you don’t want to be spoiled anything, please stop reading now…
Otherwise, feel feel to continue.
And now some more rumors and descriptions of the third novel of Inheritance - Brisingr. These are two different versions of a description of the novel on Amazon: one from Amazon.com and the other from Amazon UK.
If you don’t want to be spoiled anything, please stop reading now. Otherwise, feel free to continue.
There is still no official word about Eldest being made into a movie. Before Eragon was released as a movie, it was said that it would be decided at least in part based on the success of the first movie.
The movie was unfortunately not a great hit and didn’t make as much as it should have, so the plans for the Eldest movie were postponed.
Brisingr will be published later this year. That will increase the visibility of the series again and may be a good time to announce the Eldest movie.
I believe Eldest will be made into a movie in a couple of years, but as I said, there is no official word on this. What are your thoughts and hopes?
Alagaesia.com (the official site of Paolini and the Inheritance Cycle) has released a spoiler about the third book, Brisingr. You can read it on their site or continue reading and click the more link. If you don’t want to know, you should stop reading now…
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The choice of name for book three of Inheritance Cycle, Brisingr, was announced in the Algaësia Newsletter on January 2008. At the same time, the cover art was also released. This is what Paolini had to say on the matter in that message:
I am pleased to tell you that the title of 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.
Brisingr is an Old Norse word for “fire.” As you may remember, in Eragon, Brom uses the word brisingr to start a fire. This is the first time Eragon hears an ancient language word, a word of magic. Later, when Eragon is cornered by Urgals in Yazuac, he shouts “Brisingr!” to great effect (see Eragon—chapters “Revelation at Yazuac” and “Admonishments”).
Both elements of the cover, the gold dragon Glaedr and the title, touch on Eragon’s inheritance. With his painting, John Jude Palencar has captured the dignity and wisdom of Glaedr, and Random House has again designed an awesome book cover.
Somehow I have the idea that we are going to read about some more fire magic in book 3… So let’s wait for September 20th - the scheduled release date for Brisingr.
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