I told you so

[st_jane_ambulance]

Eegads! I think I called a plot point in the Inheritance trilogy!

I don't usually see things coming, especially when it's in a book. I did, however, figure out who the Half-Blood Prince was pretty early on. That was the one exception, and now that number seems to be up to two. I got confirmation (I think) totally by accident when browsing the Eragon section of FF.N (I don't know why I was there; 99% of the authors don't deserve to hold a pen) and I saw a story mentioning the secret I had figured out! Well. I guess the second book does reveal all. But I kind of wish I'd learned it from the horse's mouth and not some wannabe writer. If you haven't read the book yet but would like to, I would suggest not reading any further if you don't want any surprises ruined.

Eragon and Murtagh are BROTHERS. What gets me is how in the hell I figured it out so fast. All I needed to read was a very basic description of Murtagh when he was first introduced -- mainly his age -- and I thought, what if? Eragon's mother left home six years before he was born, and nobody knows anything about the time she was gone. He could certainly have siblings. Later Murtagh described some stuff about his parents from when he was a child ... and it seemed to fit quite well with my suspicions. I do believe I have hit this one on the proverbial head. However, that does mean a certain nasty ancestry for Eragon as well ... won't HE be happy when he figures that out. Either that or mummy's been sleeping around.

I really hope that doesn't mean the "betrayal" involves Murtagh. 

I need to finish this book. Only four hundred and sixty pages to go.