The book really starts cooking now! Murtagh and Thorn appear and the chapter 'Dras-Leona' leaves there on a cliffhanger. I can really tell events are unfolding big time! I know the climax of this book happens rather quick too because this series does a rather good job at explaining what will likely happen after the main events unfold and that takes a mini portion of the book to accomplish. So man things are getting serious! It's pretty exciting. Murtagh and Thorn have become so mysterious, it feels like a lifetime ago when Eragon and Murtagh were getting along so well. It's interesting to wonder how much of these plans unfolding are a part of a plan. I don't know, I think I'm brainwashed by this Harry Potter video I once watched where Dumbledore essentially plans out Harry's entire life, it's a very compelling video. Also considering other fantasy I've read, typically villains or powerful good guys have a bigger plan going on. Maybe 'The Inheritance Cycle' is just different in this way. Life doesn't always have a plan, you just gotta get things done. But again, if Galbatorix captured Murtagh, why not capture Eragon in the same way? If Galbatorix, Shruikan, Murtagh and Thorn wanted to they could absolutely capture Eragon and Saphira. I'm so puzzled. This feels like some weird test or something. Maybe I'm missing some obvious reason why Galbatorix essentially does nothing this whole time but who knows.
But yes the book then cuts to Roran's adventure as he continues to try and take Aroughs. Roran continues to be ridiculously bold as he just sits there, menacingly (SpongeBob reference LOL) as hundreds of soldiers approach him. His whole plan is just theatrics and it's so cool that it worked. Pure thinking on his feet and a pure out of options move. Gotta respect it really. I love his line 'What a strange way to die' as the soldiers approach him and he's just sitting at a table playing some random game hahaha. Roran is just the best. This plan was a bit wild but if you list his accomplishments on paper even without being a magician, his feats stack up against perhaps anyone's in the whole series, at least pound for pound.
The chapter 'My Friend, My Enemy' was shockingly creepy. Closest that this series has gotten to feeling like true horror movie stuff. The way Roran's attacker came in the night saying 'I'm a friend!' while literally trying to kill him and the gritty fight that ensues and the injury Roran suffers across his chest, all in all was just wicked!
Then after Roran does his basic plan of just sitting at a table, he begins to execute his more thought out, complex plan of taking Aroughs and it's pretty epic how he uses barges once again instead of fleeing though as he was back in Eldest, he uses it on the offensive. Pretty cool.
I'm so excited to see how this siege unfolds and I'm excited to see how Eragon and Murtagh and Saphira and Thorn begin their fight. I swear Christopher Paolini should release purely Roran books from his adventures from Eldest-Inheritance just for fun. I guess it's a bit pointless since if you want to read his perspective just read his chapters but idk. Maybe Paolini could add some chapters in between, meh just a thought.
'Inheritance' rolls on!!!
