Eragon is a simple farm boy, living in a village in a secluded corner of a country known as Alagaësia. So far, so tame.
One day, while out hunting, he hears an explosion in the woods, he finds a blue stone in the middle of the wreckage. Thinking he might sell it for some food, he takes it home.

Back at the farm, he tells his Uncle Garrow (who has raised him from childhood) and cousin Roran about what he found. When they can't sell the stone, Eragon ends up keeping it in his room. Then, late one night, the stone squeaks. Then it cracks. Then out pops a dragon. Well, then.

When he touches the dragon, Eragon is overcome with a charge of energy. He seems to have developed a mental link with it, and he's got a white scar on his palm to show for it.

Eragon ends up hiding the dragon in the woods, sneaking off to bond with it as the creature gets bigger and bigger. Over time, their bond develops and Eragon names this she-dragon Saphira. But trouble comes to town. Two shady characters show up asking about the stone, so Saphira grabs Eragon and they hightail it (literally—he flies on her back) out of town.

When they return, it's more bad news. Eragon's home has been destroyed and Uncle Garrow eventually dies from the wounds he suffered in the explosion. (Tissue break.)
As he leaves his village to start on his revenge trek, Eragon is waylaid by the town storyteller, Brom. He tells Eragon that the two baddies he's after are supernatural beings called the Ra'zac, who are working for the evil King Galbatorix.

As they travel through Alagaësia, Brom starts to train Eragon in the ways of magic and swordplay. He explains that Eragon has inherited the mantle of the Dragon Riders, a group of heroes who have long since died out. He and Saphira are the first of their kind to come along in many years, and now they are wanted by Galbatorix and his Empire—either to join the forces of evil or… die.

Thereafter the journey begins with hurdles and difficulties.

children, 13+ and who love adventure, action and fantasy books like me

the dragon in the plot, as the main character along with Eragon. There is also a fictional map of Eragon travelling to places and to help the reader know which lands are where and I loved this idea!

read the second part. And I hopefully did in just 11-13 days!

really relaxed because I remember that I was not going through good things at the time I brought it from library and it helped me relax.

Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book

it is just amazing and adventurous!

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