• Brisingr

  • The Inheritance Cycle, Book 3
  • By: Christopher Paolini
  • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
  • Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (19,018 ratings)

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Brisingr

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Publisher's summary

Winner, IRA Young Adult Choices, 2010

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh, coming 11.7.23!

The Empire is at war and the stakes have never been higher in Book Three of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.

"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity."—The Washington Post

Oaths sworn . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide... Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.

When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices—choices that will take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.

©2008 Christopher Paolini (P)2008 Listening Library

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"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." (The Washington Post)

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Awesome story

I love ever minute of this book. I can not wait to visit it again.

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Wonderful

Loved it! Engaging and clever. Left me wishing I had the last book ready to go!

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Most Underrated Book in the World

The best combination of story and performance!
I highly recommend this to everyone, old and young!

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Emotions.

I felt all my emotions during this one. I listen to it at night and even found my self crying in parts of this book. Gerard Doyle reads this so perfectly I get lost in the words and seem to always transport myself to this world.

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One of my favorites.

Love this series. Brisingr is probably my favorite of all. I will definitely be listening to this over and over.

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God i love these books

I started reading these like 10 years ago and got like half way through eldest and for some reason never came back to it. I just did over the past month and im so happy that I did. These books brings me so much happiness. Thank you

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The voices were just 🗑

So I read the first one on my own and it was amazing and I decided to get the audio book and I was able to get through the 2 one but the character voice could have been better I kind of wish there had been someone else to read it like one of my favorites Jim dale im not trying to be a hater but I just wanted to say what I thought thanks if you read this and bye

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Excellent

I can't wait to read the final book. A very excellent read and it is easy to love the characters

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Its great

This book is really cool and magical. All my friends like it and we talk about it a lot.

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Re-Edit and re-upload please!

Others have complained of the dragons voices being off putting but I rather enjoyed them. My complaint with this series is simply that the volume of the narration is so inconsistent that at times I couldn’t hear what was being read and at others I was being shouted at. Besides having to constantly adjust the volume, this and the rest of the series have been a delight!

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