Saturday, October 20, 2012

Reviews: Inheritance Cycle

## Warning, heavy spoiler ahead ##

It began with Eragon...
It ends with Inheritance!

Well, those are the lines at the back of the last book in the Inheritance cycle from Christopher Paolini. Finally, I finished this series. It took me more than five years to finish reading it since I first picked up the first book. Inheritance is a fantasy story, about the tale of Eragon, the last Rider and his dragon, Saphira. Okay, I'm sold just with that sentence, hahah.

The story sets in Alagaesia, a world where elfs, humans, dwarfs and some other non human races shares the civilization. A world where dragons used to rule. Now, an Empire led by an evil king rules the land. It was Eragon and Saphira's task to overthrown the king and restore the peace to Alagaesia. After many hardships, Eragon finally slain the tyran. The king is dead, long live the queen!

Even though Eragon is the main character of this story, I felt the most connection with Roran. Roran is a step-brother of Eragon. Unlike Eragon, Roran is not a Rider, thus he does not posses elf-like strength and ability like his step-brother. He also can not use magic. He was a simple farmer who just wanted to build his farm as fast as possible so he can propose his loved one. Roran's tale started when his lover was kidnapped and brought deep into the Empire territory. Roran want to save his girl, but he cannot go by himself. At that time, his village was under attack from the Empire. He cannot charge into the Empire by himself, and he also sure his village is doomed with Empire soldiers marching towards them. So, he convince his whole village to migrate the rebels area. By offering the rebels extra manpower from his village, he hopes the rebels will accept them. After that, with the rebels help he can save his lover. And that, he did. Thus, a simple farmer become a leader.

It was a good, long read. If you enjoy a fantasy tale where you can imagine yourself living a whole new world, complete with dungeons and dragons, Inheritance is for you.

The Inheritance cycle: 4/5

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