For Release Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 9:00 a.m. EDT
ALFRED A. KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS REVEALS
TITLE AND COVER FOR FINAL BOOK IN CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI’S
#1 BESTSELLING INHERITANCE CYCLE
BOOK FOUR IN THE INHERITANCE CYCLE WILL GO
ON SALE NOVEMBER 8, 2011

New York, NY (Ma rch 23, 2011)—Eagerly awaited by millions around the
world, the triumphant conclusion to Chr istophe r Paolini ’ s Inheritance cycle will
arrive this fall, it was announced today by Nancy Hinkel, Vice President, Publishing
Director of Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random
House Children’s Books (www.randomhouse.com/teens). Following the #1
bestselling novels Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr, the fourth and final book in the
series will be titled INHERITANCE, a fitting designation for the concluding novel
in Paolini’s epic fantasy.

“The burning questions asked by fans around the world will finally be answered in
this last installment,” said Christopher Paolini. “All will be revealed!”
INHERITANCE will have a first printing of 2.5 million copies and will be
published on November 8, 2011, in the United States and Canada, and
simultaneously by Random House in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New
Zealand. It will carry a suggested U.S. retail price of $27.99. INHERITANCE will also be published by
Random House in Germany; the publication date will be announced shortly.
“The publication of INHERITANCE brings a dramatic and satisfying close to one of the best-loved fantasy
series in recent publishing history,” commented Hinkel. “Now, both new readers and established fans can enjoy the full story without interruption for the very first time.” Michelle Frey, Executive Editor with Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, who worked with Paolini on Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr is also the editor of INHERITANCE

INHERITANCE will be published simultaneously in the United States as an ebook. It will also be available
as an audiobook from Random House’s Listening Library division. Publication will be supported by a major
marketing and publicity campaign that includes movie theater advertising, national television advertising,
national print advertising, and a 10-city author tour that will launch in New York, New York, on November 8,
2011. The stunning green dragon on the cover of INHERITANCE was illustrated by the renowned John
Jude Palencar, illustrator of the Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr covers.
All #1 New York Times bestsellers in the United States, Eragon Eldest and Brisingr have been international
sensations. To date, there are 49 foreign-language licenses for Eragon alone, and together the first three books
in the series have sold 25 million copies worldwide. In its first day on sale in North America in September
2008, Brisingr sold more than 550,000 hardcover copies in one day, making Brisingr the greatest single-day
sale ever recorded for a Random House Children’s Books title—hardcover or paperback—and the fastestselling
title in the publisher’s history.

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children’s Books,
(www.randomhouse.com/kids), the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Random
House Children’s Books is a division of Random House, Inc., whose parent company is Bertelsmann AG, a
leading international media company.
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