Christopher Paolini. Tor, $28.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-86248-8
Bestseller Paolini’s standalone prequel to 2020’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars breathes new life into the classic first encounter narrative through a sophisticated examination of the grieving narrator’s psyche. In 2234, after a predator kills...
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Christopher Paolini. Tor, $29.99 (880p) ISBN 978-1-250-76284-9
Bestselling YA author Paolini (Eragon) ventures into the realm of space opera with a satisfying, far-future epic that questions what it means to be human. Upon discovering evidence of alien life during a survey mission, xenobiologist Kira Navarez...
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Christopher Paolini. Knopf, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-9848-9486-1
In a collection of three short pieces, Paolini returns to the world of his bestselling Eragon series for the first time since 2011’s Inheritance, picking up not long after that installment’s conclusion. A framing sequence sees dragon rider Eragon...
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Christopher Paolini. Knopf, $27.99 (880p) ISBN 978-0-375-85611-2
Almost 10 years after Paolini self-published Eragon in 2002, he concludes the epic saga of the Inheritance Cycle with this thick fourth volume, the longest yet in the series. With Eragon, his dragon Saphira, and their many allies poised to do final...
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Christopher Paolini, Author . Knopf $18.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-375-82668-9
In the first volume in Paolini's planned Inheritance trilogy, 15-year-old Eragon discovers an odd blue gemstone while exploring an infamous stretch of forest. It is a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. Eragon quickly develops a psychic...
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Christopher Paolini, Author Knopf $27.5 (763p) ISBN 978-0-375-82672-6
The much-anticipated third book in Paolini's Inheritance Cycle continues to rely heavily on classic fantasy tropes. The novel launches with magician and Dragon Rider Eragon, his cousin Roran and the dragon Saphira on a quest to rescue Roran's...
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Christopher Paolini, Author , illus. by Fred Gambino, Larry McDougal, et al. Knopf $24.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-85823-9
This eye-catching interactive companion book to Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle is designed to provide newly elected Dragon Riders with background about the world of Alagaësia. A map and drawings of the natural terrain provide mise en sc&egrav
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Christopher Paolini, Author . Knopf $21 (681p) ISBN 978-0-375-82670-2
This phone-book size second helping in Paolini's planned Inheritance Trilogy picks up with the battle-scarred but conquering hero, first introduced in Eragon,
and his dragon, Saphira. As the novel opens, the two are neck-deep in political...
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Christopher Paolini, Author . Knopf $9.95 (528p) ISBN 978-0-375-82669-6
While exploring the forest, 15-year-old Eragon discovers an odd blue gemstone—a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. According to PW
, "The author takes the near-archetypes of fantasy fiction and makes them fresh and enjoyable, chiefly
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