Inheritance Cycle Book V: Ebrithil

by LandB4Time

My continuation of the Inheritance Cycle set three years after the fall of Galbatorix. Eragon returns to Alagaesia more powerful and more knowledgeable than ever, but a new power is rising that threatens to undo all that they have accomplished. What price must Eragon pay to save those that he loves? ExA MxN *I own none of the characters/original ideas from Paolini's IC series*

21. Authors Note

A note from the Author:

Hello all,

I hate the fact that many of you are reading this because you received a notification of an update, and were expecting the next chapter in this storyline that I've painstakingly built over the last few years. Regretfully I have not had the time to write that I once had. This past year and a half has been a wild and exciting time in my life. I will not provide you with all the excuses that I have built up, as I know nothing I say here will mitigate the fact that I have left you all hanging. Although I do not claim to be an excellent writer, I have devoted much of myself to continuing the work that Mr. Paolini so abruptly ended, and you all have been there along for the ride. Believe me when I say that it pains me to have left so many of you in the dark about where this story is going, how it will end, and what will become of Alagaesia and our favorite characters. While I could probably find a bit of time here and there to throw some chapters together and give you all an ending, it would not be what I've imagined it to be, and to me that is worse than not finishing at all.

Already I regret the ending to the last chapter I posted (I know, it was a while ago) but I felt the pressure to move the story along, as I knew the time I had to devote to this story was dwindling fast. It's quite possible I will submit a revision to that final chapter, before moving this story forward anymore. That being said, I do not know when in the foreseeable future such a revision or additional chapters will be coming.

However, I have made many, if not all of you, the promise that this story will continue and that it will end. Everything is mapped out in my head, it is the ending I have been hoping for since I read Inheritance for the first time and what a glorious story it is! To get there, however requires much more effort and time than I currently have, and I will not sell this story short of what it could be.

My promise has not changed, I will finish this story. It could be that I will write the ending on my deathbed, or more likely I will pick it up in a year and a half after I finish my Master's Degree. Until such a time, I'd like to thank each one of you for being there with me on this journey.

Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass!

LandB4Time