Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist. This volume features three original stories set in Alagaësia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure. Then a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors, and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs, and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition is the only Inheritance Cycle Boxed Set to include The Fork, The Witch and the Worm!Ī wanderer and a cursed child. Their approaches to his education are different, but both intend to get him ready to reintroduce the grandeur of the dragon riders back into current lore.Barnes & Noble Exclusive Boxed Set: Inheritance Cycle and The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
At 17, he's not exactly a child, but he still grows up quickly under the auspices of Obi-Wan-like Brom and flying, fire-breathing, cranky dragon Saphira (voiced somewhat stiffly by Rachel Weisz). The unnecessarily talky set-up names some of the different types of creatures in Alagaësia (bad Urgels and Ra'zac, mostly good humans), then goes on to describe Eragon's reactions and feelings, even when you can see them yourself.
It's hardly a good sign that much of the back story must be narrated (by Irons) before the movie really begins.
With plot points borrowed from a range of other movies - whether great like Star Wars or dismal like Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker - it tells the tale of an ordinary-seeming boy, Eragon, who's destined for great things. For a movie about flying dragons, ERAGON is disappointingly flatfooted.
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