Eragon: Book One (The Inheritance Cycle, 1)

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After the dragon, named Thorn, had hatched for him, they were both forced into loyalty by Galbatorix. His Inheritance cycle ( Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance) has sold over 35 million copies worldwide and is available in 125 countries in 49 languages.

Other than the faThere are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. I'm excited to move on to rereading Eldest and hopefully making my way through this brilliant series. I saw the movie and loved it, but when I heard about the book recently, I was curious together with a slight feeling of worry as reading the book after watching the movie adaption works quite bad for me. What caught my eye was the dragon on the front cover (I love dragons, and my "artistic eye" was captivated by the artwork). A short (and somewhat sarcastic) summary: Main character = Eragon, mysteeeeerious boy-child left with his aunt and uncle by wandering mother, father unknown.

Instead of a saddle, the king had installed a small pavilion on the hump of Shruikan’s enormous shoulders.Similar to other reviews, it criticized the long plot and its similarities to The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, as well as the lack of humor.

Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Due to the multiple points-of-view, multiple stories take place concurrently, and the protagonist characters do not meet often. A "limited edition Eldest includes a fold-out poster with art by Paolini, additional illustrations, a sneak preview at book III and more.Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power.