Brisingr Now on Sale

Book Three in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini follows the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, narrowly escaping with their lives. Still there is more 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...

BRISINGR, the third book in Christopher Paolirn’s phenomenally bestselling Inheritance cycle was released on Saturday, September 20th. The first two novels in the series, Eragon (2003) and Eldest (2005), have sold 15.5 million copies worldwide. With a first printing of 2.5 million copies, BRISINGR is the largest first-print run of any book in Random House Children’s Books’ history and the largest for Random House. Inc., this fall. Inheritance fans young and old celebrated across the U.S. and Canada this weekend as more than 2,000 book retailers planned midnight-release events to mark its publication.

24-year-old Christopher Paolini will kick off his 10-city tour tonight in New York City and will spend the next several weeks meeting his North American fans.
"It is an honor to he part of this extraordinary publishing phenomenon. and a pleasure to watch Christopher develop as a writer and a prominent literary figure.” said Chip Gibson. Random House Children’s Books. President and Publisher. "We are thrilled that the day is here to share BRISINGR with readers around the world.”

There are over 50 foreign-language licenses for BRISINGR, which is being simultaneously published by Random House’s sister companies in Canada, the U.K.. Australia, and New Zealand. Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH will publish the novel in Germany on October 25uI. BRISINGR will also be released simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada as an audiobook by Random House’s Listening Library division.

To build early buzz for BRISINGR, Random House developed a team-based immersive online game, Vroengard Academy (often referred to as an ARE, or Alternate Reality Experience), offering players the opportunity to interact with a brand-new Inheritance cycle storyline by competing in weekly challenges and searching for online and offline exclusive clues. Over 50,000 players in the U.S. have already participated since the game’s launch in June. This marks the first time Random House has created an ARE to market one of its books. The game concludes next week. The grand-prize winner will have the opportunity to meet Christopher Paolini.

Paolini grew up in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he and his younger sister were homeschooled. He began writing Eraagon when he was just 15, after graduating from the accredited distance-learning high school the American School. Paolini’s family self-published the novel in 2002, and it was soon discovered by Knopf. The company acquired the series and published Eragon in hardcover in 2003, when Paolini was just nineteen years old. It quickly went from self- publishing obscurity to worldwide publishing phenomenon.

Paolini will write a fourth book to conclude the Inheritance cycle. A publication date has not yet been planned.