Murtagh
by Christopher Paolini
Buy on AmazonThe world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air - and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into the unknown, as Murtagh and Thorn must find and outwit a witch veiled in mystery.
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"Murtagh came out in 2023, which was the 20th anniversary of the hardcover release of Eragon … I know, we’re all getting old. Murtagh is a standalone, although less of a standalone than you might think at the moment, because it is setting up some future stuff that’s going on in the world of Eragon – very large stuff that will become apparent with Tales from Alagaësia: Volume Two, which I’m currently finishing up, and then Murtagh II, which is next on the docket. I really enjoyed coming back to the world of Eragon. For a long time, I thought I was done with it, even though there were things I had hoped to write about. That’s just life, and I needed to go out and try my hand at some other projects, which I had great fun doing. But eventually, I really wanted to come back to this world, and Murtagh was a good way to do it."
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