The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaesia
collection 2018 The Inheritance Cycle
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781984894861 |
Synopsis
It has been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders, and he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors and an Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. Three stories are interspersed with Eragon's own unfolding adventure: in The Fork, a rambunctious innkeeper's daughter meets a mysterious traveller whose attempt to broker a deal goes sour; in The Witch, written with Angela Paolini, Eragon learns of the origins of the herbalist Angela through an excerpt from her memoir; and in The Worm, an Urgal seeks to defeat the ancient dragon that slew her father. The first volume of Tales from Alagaësia.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Inheritance Cycle
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Christopher Paolini
Notes
- A companion collection of three novellas set in Alagaesia after Inheritance; registered Expanded rather than Core as a short-story/novella companion volume, not part of the cycle's own numbered sequence.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within The Inheritance Cycle (standalone work): position 5 of 6: previous Inheritance (2011) · next Murtagh (2023)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Christopher Paolini's official author site
- Penguin (publisher description, via BookOwl)
- Knopf (publisher description and Publishers Weekly review)
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