I think it is because he had started the third book with the intention of completing the series then and hence some of the scenes of the fourth book were already written before he got down to work on it.FuzzyLobster wrote:Woah, not a four year gap this time?
Yeah, same with me.FuzzyLobster wrote:Woah, not a four year gap this time?
Still haven't gotten around to Brisingr.
Christopher Paolini. wrote:Greetings, Friends!
I'm excited to share this sneak peek of INHERITANCE! Stay tuned for more updates.
The sound was stabbing, slicing, shivering, like metal scraping against stone. Eragon's teeth vibrated in sympathy, and he covered his ears with his hands, grimacing as he twisted around, trying to locate the source of the noise. Saphira tossed her head, and even through the din, he heard her whine in distress.
Eragon swept his gaze over the courtyard twice before he noticed a faint puff of dust rising up the wall of the keep from a foot-wide crack that had appeared beneath the blackened, partially destroyed window where Blödhgarm had killed the magician. As the squeal increased in intensity, Eragon risked lifting a hand off one ear to point at the crack.
Look! he shouted to Arya, who nodded in acknowledgment. He replaced his hand over his ear.
Without warning or preamble, the sound stopped.
Eragon waited for a moment, then slowly lowered his hands, for once wishing that his hearing was not quite so sensitive.
Just as he did, the crack jerked open widerspreading until it was several feet acrossand raced down the wall of the keep. Like a bolt of lightning, the crack struck and shattered the keystone above the door to the building, showering the floor below with pebble-sized rocks. The whole castle groaned, and from the damaged window to the broken keystone, the front of the keep began to lean outward.
Run! Eragon shouted at the Varden, though the men were already scattering to either side of the courtyard, desperate to get out from under the precarious wall. Eragon took a single step forward, every muscle in his body tense as he searched for a glimpse of Roran somewhere in the throng of warriors.
At last Eragon spotted him, trapped behind the last group of men by the doorway, bellowing madly at them, his words lost in the commotion. Then the wall shifted and dropped several inches, leaning even farther away from the rest of the building, pelting Roran with rocks, knocking him off balance and forcing him to stumble backward under the overhang of the doorway.
As Roran straightened from a crouch, his eyes met Eragon's, and in his gaze, Eragon saw a flash of fear and helplessness, quickly followed by resignation, as if Roran knew that, no matter how fast he ran, he could not possibly reach safety in time.
A wry smile touched Roran's lips.
And the wall fell.
I too thought that, but I can't help hoping.Captain Internets wrote:He clearly isn't going to die, they wouldn't show us that scene if he was. Obvious red herring is obvious.
Its up topGarnet-Princess wrote:Did u guys see the sneak peak of chapter one from book 4 of the Inheritance cycle? Roran gets squashed!!!
oh... yeah...Zeno wrote:Its up topGarnet-Princess wrote:Did u guys see the sneak peak of chapter one from book 4 of the Inheritance cycle? Roran gets squashed!!!
xDDDDDnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Because he annoys me. I can't believe he is real.
Er sorry, I know the character is fictional.
I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.Captain Internets wrote:xDDDDDnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Because he annoys me. I can't believe he is real.
Er sorry, I know the character is fictional.
I hope he doesn't die, purely because he's, like, the last hope for Arya not to be the green dragon's rider.
Oh yeah it's blatantly going to be Arya, but I like to cling to other possibilities because I can't stand her :Pnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.
He should introduce a deux ex machina and just have some random dude/chick that appears in the last chapter become the last rider.Captain Internets wrote:Oh yeah it's blatantly going to be Arya, but I like to cling to other possibilities because I can't stand her :Pnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.
Ooooor, it could be RORAN, since we don't see him die in the preview chapter.Nero wrote:He should introduce a deux ex machina and just have some random dude/chick that appears in the last chapter become the last rider.Captain Internets wrote:Oh yeah it's blatantly going to be Arya, but I like to cling to other possibilities because I can't stand her :Pnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.
In order words, the above is your only hope.
eh....I don't think so.Captain Internets wrote:Ooooor, it could be RORAN, since we don't see him die in the preview chapter.Nero wrote:He should introduce a deux ex machina and just have some random dude/chick that appears in the last chapter become the last rider.Captain Internets wrote:Oh yeah it's blatantly going to be Arya, but I like to cling to other possibilities because I can't stand her :Pnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.
In order words, the above is your only hope.
If it is Arya, I'm going to throw the book across the room and scream, and then I'm going to tell the author just how STUPID having Arya as a rider is. Arya has got to be the most annoying, pathetic, Mary Sue-ish character in the whole Cycle. Why doesn't she just make everyone happy and go jump off a cliff...Captain Internets wrote:Oh yeah it's blatantly going to be Arya, but I like to cling to other possibilities because I can't stand her :Pnathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I think it will be Arya only. That premonition Eragon has in the first book makes Arya seem more likely than Roran.
