
Carr is interrupted by an attack from the Wranaui, aliens who worship the Vanished and had hidden the Soft Blade in the reliquary. She is taken into military quarantine, where a doctor, Carr, experiments on the Soft Blade, burning it and Kira with laser blasts despite her pleas for him to stop.

The Soft Blade covers her body and binds itself to her will, but it is unaccustomed to serving humans.Īt her research base, the Soft Blade believes she is in danger and launches tendrils that impale everyone around her, including her fiance. Inside, she awakens the Soft Blade, an ancient nanotechnology created by advanced, extinct beings known as the Vanished. Her last assignment is to investigate a crashed drone, which leads her to discover an alien reliquary. Kira Navárez is a xenobiologist in the year 2257 who plans to settle down with her fiance on a new colony in the Sigma Draconis system. The audiobook is read by American voice actress Jennifer Hale. In an interview, Paolini described the book as adult-oriented as opposed to the young adult genre of his previous books. The book is unrelated to his Inheritance Cycle series. Still, having said that, reading a book is all about enjoyment and if Eragon worked for you then you will not be disappointed by Eldest.Ĩ/10 If you enjoyed Eragon then this is more of the same.To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a 2020 science fiction novel written by American author Christopher Paolini and published under the Tor imprint of Macmillan Publishers. This book will be read and enjoyed by those who have never read fantasy by more accomplished authors but in time the reader will move on and come to realise that Paolini’s books are not as good as they once thought they were. However, if you were not so kindly you would state that he has no original bone in his body and is simply re-working classics from the past. If you were being kind you could say that Paolini was paying homage to Star Wars and the Lord of The Rings.


Eragon and Saphira once again play the leading roles but we now have Eragon’s cousin Roran playing the supporting role as he defends his mountain community from the evil King’s men. The tale is full if excitement, awash with swords and sorcery, full to the brim with friendship and betrayal. A journey begins, full of adventure and betrayal where Eragon will be lucky to escape with his life.Įldest will once again thrill and excite young fantasy authors around the world.

Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Įldest is the sequel to Eragon and is the second book in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle.Įragon and Saphira, saviours of the rebel state must travel to Ellesmera, a land of elves to complete their Dragon Rider training.
