The Chronicles of Eldontria Book One The Last Shapeshifter My name is Nickolas Inxy Carter. I am the last of my kind. The last shapeshifter. I have a killer in the back of my mind constantly. I have been tortured. I have been hunted. I have lost things you couldn't understand. I am not like the other girls or thieves or shapeshifters you might wish to compare me to. I live on an island that should not exist. Yet here it is. The weather changed depending on your location, And fantastic creatures roam the island. But all I want to do it get out of here. So this is the beginning of the story. Of how I escaped Eldontria.

I never believed in all that crap with monsters...until I turned into one.

Eragon, Saphira, and the elves have left Alagaesia to train the next generation of Riders. One by one, new Riders of all four races (humans, elves, urgals, and dwarves) arrive at Du Fells Gedwëy (The Shining Mountains), the new home of the Riders. Eragon and Saphira, with the help of the Eldunarí and elves, must train the new Riders to the best of their abilities. But, with four different races that have never before coexisted in peace, much less learn to fight and ride dragons together, training the new Riders is going to be much harder than either Eragon or Saphira thought. Will Eragon and Saphira be able to defeat the obstacles that stand in their way of peace? When old enemies rise anew, will the combined might of the Riders be able to vanquish them once and for all? Read the The Rise: An Eragon Story to find out!

A hundred years have passed since the Tyrant King's demise. Alagaesia is flourishing. And the Riders are on the rise. But change is coming. Can Eragon Shadeslayer and the rest of Alagaesia overcome the fallout of change? [cover art is not mine... Found it on google]