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OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.Following the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.First is Eragon’s oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran’s beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix’s clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength—as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices— choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once-simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king? (amazon.com)

I was not so impressed with this installment of the series. The politics made it long and often uneventful. There was lacking a general plot. Many subplots but aside from the series objective of kill the king, there was no sustaining plot thgough this book. As often happens when a series is lengthened to this extent there are more characters with more foreign names than we can keep track of. The climax felt rather anticlamatical to me.

Having said this, I still am excited for the last book to come out. I hope the final battle will make up for the "filler" book.