The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Volume 1, Eragon

Christopher Paolini

Dec 2018 · Sold by Knopf Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

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

Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling collection of stories based in the world of Eragon and the internationally bestselling Inheritance Cycle.

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

A wanderer and a cursed child. Spells and magic. And dragons, of course. Welcome back to the world of Alagaësia.

It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. When a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors, and an exciting Urgal legend surface, Eragon is faced with a much-needed distraction that may lead to a new perspective.

This volume features three original stories set in Alagaësia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure. Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist . . . penned by Angela Paolini, the inspiration for the character, herself!

Also includes four new pieces of original art by the author!

Ratings and reviews

I hated this which makes me very sad. I am a huge fan of this series and was so excited for this. it ended up being too short. it felt half finished with no real meaning behind it. Stunted and an obvious cash grab. Its like the editors just assembled a bunch of random pieces of story from the series that didnt fit anywhere else. they placed them in a non sequential order and packaged it and we paid. it really sucked.

SPOILER WARNING: Expected a little more from the author of Eragon. nothing much really happens at all, the short storys are interesting but, the book makes no progress and is only a few hundred pages, it gives more mystery to Angela character than answers which really does annoy me, because I know it will be another 5 years before he writes an actual book. nothing at all happens with eragon and no more dragons are the story kind of a waste of a potentially good book. it took this many years and this is all we got? ends on a stupid note and is overall disappointing, none of the dragon eggs are hatched, eragon will never return to alagasia which just destroyes the future storys for me and is overall a bad ending and plot trap. left more questions rhan answers. not sure what he was attempting to accomplish with releasing a book like this, but alas, of course i will buy the future books and pray they are as good as the originals.

I have read and loved the books in the inheritance cycle and was hoping for something similar when I found this was released a few days ago. This novel contained three of the four things I loved about the series. It had a well described and interesting fight scene in The Fork, it had much of the mystery and lore of the original books in The Witch, and it had a really well written story contained in The Worm. The only thing that was missing from this was length. It came so close to hitting me with nostalgia, but The Witch was mostly just a teaser for the book about Angela and wasn't long enough to have any real reason to read other than the information it provides about the rest of the series. With The Fork and The Worm though I was much happier. The Fork was great and though it was short it was quite entertaining and would be a great way to get people interested in the series. The Worm was good too, it was a great story and quite entertaining. Overall the book(s) was great, although I don't recommend it for anyone who isn't familiar with the series.

About the author

CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI. Author of the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance). Creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. Holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. Qualified for marksman in the Australian army. Scottish laird. Dodged gunfire . . . more than once. As a child was chased by a moose in Alaska. Has his name inscribed on Mars. Firstborn of Kenneth and Talita. Husband. Father. Asker of questions and teller of stories.