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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Murtagh</title>
    <subTitle>world of Eragon</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Paolini, Christopher</namePart>
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  <genre authority="">Young adult fiction.</genre>
  <genre authority="lcgft">Fantasy fiction.</genre>
  <originInfo>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2023</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">2023</copyrightDate>
    <edition>First edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>688 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>"The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air--and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems. In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini's blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return" --</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Argument -- Part I: Ceunon. Maddentide ; The fulsome feast ; Fork and blade ; Conclave ; Dragonflight -- Part II: Gil'ead. Hostile territory ; Questions for a cat ; Barrow-wrights ; Fish tales ; Muckmaw ; Heave and toil ; In defense of lies ; Masks ; Uniforms ; Softly creeping... ; The door of stone ; Pathways into darkness ; Confrontation with a cat ; Duel of wits ; The tangle box ; Aftermath ; Exile -- Part III: Nal Gorgoth. The village ; Bachel ; The tower of flint ; Dreams and portents ; Recitations of faith ; The court of crows ; Tusk and blade ; Mother's mercy ; Breaking point ; Upheaval ; Anticipation ; The bad sleep-well ; Nightmare -- Uvek ; Obliteration ; Waking dreams ; Fragments ; Without flaw ; Choices ; Qazhqargla ; A question of faith ; Black smoke ; Fire and wind ; Grieve -- Part IV: Oth Orum. Creatures of the dark ; Freedom from misery ; To hold the center ; Islingr -- Part V: Reunion. Acceptance -- Addendum.</tableOfContents>
  <targetAudience authority="marctarget">adolescent</targetAudience>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Christopher Paolini.</note>
  <note>"Internationally bestselling author of Eragon"--Dust jacket.</note>
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    <topic>Dragons</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Imaginary places</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Magic</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Good and evil</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile fiction</topic>
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    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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    <topic>Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse</topic>
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    <topic>Lieux imaginaires</topic>
    <topic>Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse</topic>
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    <topic>Dragons</topic>
    <topic>Romans, nouvelles, etc</topic>
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    <topic>Roman pour jeunes adultes</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">PS3616.A55 .M87 2023</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23/eng/20241207">813.6 P196m</classification>
  <relatedItem type="series">
    <titleInfo>
      <title>Inheritance ; [5]</title>
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      <title>Inheritance ; bk. 5</title>
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      <namePart>Paolini, Christopher</namePart>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780593650868</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2023946455</identifier>
  <identifier type="stock number">Random House Childrens Books, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminister, MD, USA, 21157</identifier>
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