SEQUEL TO ELDUNARI. Following the devastation of the last battle, the Varden tries to pick up the pieces as bitter enmity fractures the ranks. All are keeping secrets, some more deadly than others. And where is the Vault of Souls?

Oromis and Glaedr are dead, leaving Eragon alone in a turbulent world. When he is captured by Galbatorix's new pets and separated from Saphira, can he rely on his brother and some new friends to get him out? And what lurks in the Spine? COMPLETE!