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Praise forEragon
Christopher Paolini began
reading fantasy novels at 10 and
started to work on Eragon when
he was only 14years old.
He quickly stopped, realizing
that he had no idea how to write
a full-length novel, let alone a se-
ries. Paolini read all the books he
could find about the art of writ-
ing and then began to plot out
the Inheritance Cycle, the series
to which Eragon is the first.
Eragon One Boy.
One Dragon.
A World of Adventure.
Christopher Paolini
When Eragon finds a polished
“An authentic work of great talent . . . I found myself blue stone in the forest, he thinks
dreaming about it at night, and reaching for it as soon as I it is the lucky discovery of a
Eragon
woke.” poor farm boy; perhaps it will
buy his family meat for the win-
~ Liz Rosenberg, The New York Times Book Review ter. But when the stone brings a
dragon hatchling,
Eragon realizes he has stumbled
upon a legacy nearly as old as
the Empire itself.
“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” Overnight his simple life is
shattered, and he is thrust
~ Publishers Weekly into a perilous new world of
destiny, magic, and power.
With only an ancient sword
and the advice of an old sto-
ryteller for guidance, Eragon
and the fledgling dragon must
“Will appeal to the legions of readers who have been capti- navigate the dangerous ter-
vated by the Lord of the Rings trilogy.” rain and dark enemies of an
Empire ruled by a king whose
~ School Library Journal evil knows no bounds. Can
Eragon take up the mantle of
the legendary Dragon Riders?
The fate of the Empire may
rest in his hands.