What Will Happen in Eragon IV: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Becomes the Third Dragon Rider and How Will the Inheritance Cycle Finally End? [Paperback]

Richard Marcus (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

By unraveling the clues in the first three books of the Inheritance cycle, What Will Happen in Eragon IV presents daring and insightful predictions about the thrilling conclusion to the Eragon saga.

•Are Eragon and Arya destined to be together?

•Will Murtagh and Thorn ever be free of Galbatorix’s control?

•Who will become the third Dragon Rider?

•Will Saphira and Thorn be the last of their kind?

•Who are the Grey Folk, and what role will they play in the battle between good and evil?

•Who will lead humankind after the war?

•Will Eragon and Saphira triumph over evil to free all of Alagaësia?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Popular blogger and literary critic Richard Marcus is the editor for Epic India magazine, and a contributing writer and editor for blogcritics.org.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569757283
• ISBN-13: 978-1569757284
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Once upon a time I worked in the magical world of theatre, but after nearly fifteen years of struggling to stay in one place I was worn out and needed a change. I went off into the real world for a while and worked first in a bead store and then in a denture lab. As T. S Elliot said "Mankind can only bear so much reality" and it all became too much for me, so I've run back to the shelter of the arts and took up the pen - well the keyboard anyway - and have struggled there for the last four years.

Thankfully here I seem to be making progress as I began to pick up freelance work early in 2008 with the publication of an extensive interview with Willy DeVille in the German edition of Rolling Stone Magazine. Since then I've begun publishing the occasional article for the German based web site Qantara.de, written the liner notes for a DVD, and of course was commissioned to write the book "What Will Happen In Eragon lV? by the nice people at Ulysses Press. They must have liked the work I did on it, and of those who actually read it before reviewing it there seems to be an even split between liking and hating it, because they commissioned me to co-author a second book. "The Unofficial Heroes Of Olympus Companion" is being published October 17 2011 in the US and November 8 2011 in Canada. I'm still looking for a publisher for my own fantasy series, "The Paths Life Takes" and am working on a couple of other projects as well. Of course you can always read my reviews and other articles at my blog - which sends a feed to this site - or at Blogcritics.org.

Somehow or other I find myself fifty years old, happily married and living in Kingston Ontario Canada with three cats. If you happen to be in Kingston on November 19 of 2011 I'll be doing a book signing for "The Unofficial Heroes Of Olympus Companion" at Indigo Books 259 Princess Street, downtown. Oh, and when you pick up "Inheritance", book four of Paolini's Eragon series, you could pick up a copy of my book and compare the two as you read along. Feel free to either be amazed at my accuracy ( I already know I was wrong with my choice of title) or laugh yourself silly at how wrong I was.

Customer Reviews

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40 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Book IV, but worth a read, November 24, 2009

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R. Scott (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Will Happen in Eragon IV: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Becomes the Third Dragon Rider and How Will the Inheritance Cycle Finally End? (Paperback)

If you are among the legions of fantasy junkies awaiting the final act in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, you have probably spent the better part of this year speculating, guessing, weighing options, considering and eliminating variables as you pour over fan sites and Inheritance Cycle blogs. If you have, you're not much different than fantasy-junkie and book-reviewer-turned-author, Richard Marcus, whose debut offering, What Happens in Eragon 4, attempts to deduce the outcomes of Paolini's Inheritance finale.

Will Galbatorix determine Eragon's true name and use it to control him and Saphira? Will the final dragon egg hatch for Arya? Or Nasuada? That would certainly address the immortality issue for her and Eragon, making it possible for them to be together - unless, of course, Eragon manages to convince Arya to fall in love with him. Who might be lost in the quest to regain the final egg from Galbatorix? Where is the Rock of Kuthian, anyway? And what's with that creepy werecat hanging around with Angela, the bone-reading witch? Is the Vault of Souls a repository for heart of hearts?

So many questions to consider.

Marcus endeavors to answer all of them, publicly risking what the rest of us merely shout in derision at Internet blogs late at night. What Marcus does well is to provide a view from the balcony, carefully dusting off and considering variables while we watch over his shoulder, drawing our own inferences and formulating our own conclusions.

Marcus's breezy, conversational style makes for a quick and enjoyable read. It's as though he's in the room with you. While thorough, he doesn't take himself too seriously and even offers a few well-placed jokes. (Never send to know for whom the egg hatches, after all!) Marcus does not evaluate Paolini's work through any esoteric lens nor does he insist on one perspective over another as he presents data in a salad bar of questions and possible answers. What Happens in Eragon 4 is a prediction about a book organized around a prophesy and peopled with cryptic fortune tellers making predictions. In the end, Marcus's work reads like a conversation among well informed Paolini fans. So brush up on your details before tackling this one.

Marcus is thorough. He has to be. There are blog sites aplenty out there predicting everything from Eragon's death to the last-second arrival of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons. (Alright, I made that one up.) But Marcus leaves few questions unaddressed. Whether you agree with him or not, What Happens in Eragon 4 will have you and your reading group discussing possibilities into the wee hours as you await Paolini's final volume.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of money, September 21, 2010

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James L. Mccabe (Souther CA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Will Happen in Eragon IV: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Becomes the Third Dragon Rider and How Will the Inheritance Cycle Finally End? (Paperback)

As my title states a waste of money and time reading it. If you have read the first three book's you know just as much or even more then the author of this work. I bought it thinking there would be some insight into the forth book, no joy in that respect.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bought as gift, won't be giving it, October 17, 2010

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Julianne Klenn (Richmond, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: What Will Happen in Eragon IV: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Becomes the Third Dragon Rider and How Will the Inheritance Cycle Finally End? (Paperback)

I bought this book for my grandson who is hooked on the Eragon series having read the first 3 books multiple times. (I also read & enjoyed the first 3 at his recommendation.) I began to read this book to get a feel for it before giving it to him. I found it poorly written to say the least and a waste of money... I wish I would have read the reviews before buying and will definitely not be giving it to anyone as a gift.