Eragon-Christopher Paolini. Eragon is the first book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, who began writing at the age of 15. After writing the first draft for a year, he spent a second year rewriting it and fleshing out the story and characters. Paolini's parents saw the final manuscript and decided to self-publish Eragon. Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States promoting the novel. By chance, the book was discovered by Carl Hiaasen, who got it re-published by Alfred A. Knopf. Background[edit] Origins and publication[edit] Christopher Paolini started reading fantasy books when he was ten years old.
Paolini and his family toured across the United States to promote the book. Inspiration and influences[edit] Paolini cites old myths, folk tales, medieval stories, the epic poem Beowulf, and authors J. Paolini received inspiration from Paradise Valley, Montana (Emigrant Peak pictured, as viewed from west bank of Yellowstone River) Plot summary[edit] Genre[edit] Old Kingdom-Garth Nix. The Old Kingdom, or Abhorsen in North America, is a fantasy fiction series by Australian author Garth Nix. It originated in 1995 with the novel Sabriel and has continued in novels Lirael (2001) and Abhorsen (2003), novella The Creature in the Case (2005), and other short fiction. [a] In Australia the omnibus edition comprising three novels and one novella was titled The Old Kingdom Chronicles (2009, Allen & Unwin (Australia)). U.S. omnibus editions have been titled The Abhorsen Trilogy (2003) and The Abhorsen Chronicles (2009).
ISFDB catalogues the entire continuing series as "The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen".[1] Lirael is raised among the Clayr; but having coal-black hair, a pale complexion, and brown eyes, differs physically from her chestnut-skinned, white-blonde, blue or green-eyed peers, and additionally lacks their native precognition. Novella[a] The Creature in the Case was published for 2005 World Book Day (HarperCollins Children's Books, March 2005, ISBN 978-0-00-720138-9).
The Vampire Chronicles-Ann Rice. The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. As of November 2008[update], The Vampire Chronicles had sold 80 million copies worldwide.[1] Books in the series[edit] The Vampire Chronicles[edit] New Tales of the Vampires[edit] Future[edit] In 2008, during an interview with Time Magazine, Anne said: "I have one more book that I would really like to write; and the book will have a definite Christian framework and it will concern the vampire Lestat; and it will be a story I think I need to tell.
Midnighters-Scott Westerfeld. The Midnighters Trilogy is a science-fiction fantasy series written by Scott Westerfeld. It was published by Eos in 2004. It comprises three books; The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness and Blue Noon. Over the course of the trilogy Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself. The protagonists in the trilogy are the eponymous Midnighters Desdemona (referred to as Dess), Rex, Jonathan, and Melissa. The antagonists of the series are Darklings and Slithers, dangerous and powerful beings that created and live in the Blue Hour. Harry Potter-JK Rowling. Pottermore: Register your interest. J.K.Rowling Official Site. Black Dagger Brotherhood-JR Ward. The Black Dagger Brotherhood is an ongoing series of paranormal romance books by author J.
R. Ward. The series focuses on a society (the "Black Dagger Brotherhood") of vampire warriors who live together and defend their race against the so-called lessers, a kind of de-souled humans threatening their kind. The first book in the series was published in 2005. Ward's Fallen Angels series is set in the same universe, and has some overlap in characters, but little overlap in storylines. Main Characters[edit] The Black Dagger Brotherhood[edit] Wrath, son of Wrath, is also known as the Blind King—the King of the Vampires and last pure-blood vampire in existence.
Rhage, son of Tohrture, is the strongest and most beautiful of the Brothers. Zsadist, son of Aghony, is the scarred, menacing Brother. Butch/Dhestroyer is the only human male ever to be allowed within the Brotherhood. Phury, son of Aghony, is Zsadist's twin brother. John Matthew/Tehrror is the reincarnation of Darius. Dr. J. R. Ward - Best-Selling Paranormal Romance Author.