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This is the front cover art for the book series Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Trade Paperback Boxed Set. The book series cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Knopf Books for Young Readers, or the cover artist.

"Amazon.com: Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Trade Paperback Boxed Set (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance) (The Inheritance Cycle) (9780449813225): Christopher Paolini: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10. (Direct image link)

Inheritance Cycle

The entire front cover. Because the image is a book collection cover, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image. The cover of the book collection box set is used instead of many individual books in the series to ensure minimal use. Only a two-dimensional reproduction of the cover is used to ensure that the image is not a derivative work with a separate copyright.

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