New Novel from Christopher Paolini Slated for November
Knopf will publish Murtagh, the new novel from author Christopher Paolini, on November 7, with a first print run of 2 million copies. The book will be published in hardcover and e-book formats, and as an audiobook by Listening Library. It will publish simultaneously in the U.K. with Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK Children’s, and in Canada with Penguin Teen Canada.
Paolini is the author of the four-book Inheritance Cycle series, which began with his 2003 debut novel Eragon. The Inheritance Cycle has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and has been published in more than 50 countries, according to Penguin Random House. Murtagh will be a stand-alone novel that takes place one year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle.
Paolini's longtime editor at Knopf, Michelle Frey, acquired North American rights for Murtagh from Simon Lipskar, president of Writers House.
