▁Children ' s ▁Books , ▁the ▁book ▁sold ▁ 5 5 0 , 0 0 0   cop ies ▁on ▁its ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁sale , ▁a ▁record ▁for ▁a ▁Random ▁House ▁children ' s ▁book . ▁The ▁novel ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁USA ▁Today ''' s ▁top ▁ 1 5 0   b ests ellers ▁list . ▁Review ers ▁critic ized ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁its ▁length , ▁while ▁comment ing ▁on ▁Pa ol ini ' s ▁growing ▁m atur ity ▁in ▁his ▁treatment ▁of ▁characters . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Setting ▁and ▁characters B ris ing r ▁begins ▁about ▁three ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁in ▁E ld est ▁conclude . ▁It ▁continues ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁In herit ance ▁Cy cle ▁and ▁takes ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁fict ional ▁continent ▁of ▁Al aga ë s ia ▁during ▁a ▁struggle ▁for ▁power ▁as ▁the ▁small ▁country ▁Sur da ▁and ▁a ▁re bel ▁group ▁called ▁the ▁V arden ▁attempts ▁to ▁over throw ▁the ▁larger ▁Empire . ▁They ▁are ▁supported ▁mainly ▁by ▁el ves , ▁d war ves , ▁and ▁Ur g als , ▁ ▁but ▁the ▁Empire ▁is ▁populated ▁with ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁humans , ▁who ▁far ▁out number ▁Sur da ▁and ▁its ▁al lies . ▁The ▁In herit ance ▁Cy cle ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁te en age ▁boy ▁named ▁E rag on ▁and ▁his ▁drag on ▁S ap hi ra . ▁E rag on ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁remaining ▁Dragon ▁R iders , ▁a ▁group ▁that ▁govern ed