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The Inheritance Cycle, Book 3

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Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon and Saphira narrowly escaped with their lives. But more awaits the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by promises he may not be able to keep, including his oath to cousin Roran to help rescue his beloved Katrina. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes, Eragon must make choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.

Conflict, action, adventure and one devastating death await listeners as Eragon battles on behalf of the Varden while Galbatorix ruthlessly attempts to crush and twist him to his own purposes. Can he become a leader who can unite the rebel forces and defeat the King?

©2008 Christopher Paolini (P)2009 Random House Audiobooks Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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cant fault these books they have been a real pleasure to listen too. brilliantly told in parts the suspense was killing me

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I've committed myself now. Honestly this book would have gotten 3 stars if not for a joke that had me laughing so hard it will forever be my favourite moment in the series. It's early in the book, about Arya while the 3 characters speak. I won't say anymore for fear of spoiling it.
The jarring husky male voices of the dragons is less noticible to me now, and overall the story is okay. A bit boring, a bit long for what it actually covers. Feels like a fan fiction where the author is determined to hit an impressive word count rather than the words holding substance.
Lord of the rings is much shorter and holds so much more charm, its quality not quantity, but alas... Onto the final book then I can be done.

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The characters still the strongest part of the book. But after an explosive first chapter our heroes fall into a cycle of fetch quests and meandering about philosophical questions that ruins the pacing in the middle of the book. The final arc starts great but the side story of the finale which we only got flashes of seemed more intresting than our main characters storyline. I'd say Eldest was a better listen.

A good sequel with pacing issues

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once again another amazing read and absolutely exciting with more of Paolini's world building and Gerrard doyle's narration.

3 down 1 to go

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Loved it brilliant well worth a listen the author n the chap who tells it does a fantastic job

Enjoyable

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The book and narration are excellent but the chapters do not follow the book, which is very frustrating when you are switching between the physical book and the audio.

Excellent book, shame about the chapters

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I am re reading the series because Murtagh was released and I could not remember the story looking forward to the next one! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and legend!

Amazing!I really enjoyed it!

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The story is fabulous, as are the others in the series, but this one's chapters on audible to do not finish at the end of chapters in the book. It is a bit of a nightmare to find where you are when listening to audible in the car and coming back to the book after.
We love the stories in this series though and none of the previous books are like this.

fab story but not great following the book

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I love this series of books and the narrator did a good job bringing it to life, but there is one issue with this book and that is that the chapter list DOES NOT actually match the chapters of the books, so it is hard to find your place if sync doesn't work.

Good story and performance but..

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Another great story in the Inheritance Cycle. The narrator brought the characters to life and I lost myself in Eragon's world once again. One thing I mentioned in my review of the last two books in the series was the lack of graphic violence and what a nice change this is from some other fantasy books. The descriptions of violence are more graphic and frequent in this book. I can understand the violence might be relevant for character development, but it was so frequent and graphic, it was hard to listen to and affected my enjoyment of this book

Another great story in the Inheritance Cycle

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