| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780375826696 | | Publisher: Knopf Books | | Publish Date: 4/26/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 30696796 | | Item#: R2S7TP | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 65681 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.75L x 1.5T | | Pages: 528 | | Age Range: 16 to 21 |
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| | | | "Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world. A tall Shade lifted his head and sniffed the air. He looked human except for his crimson hair and maroon eyes..." (from the first line) Now in paperback! Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.<br><br>A New York Times Bestseller<br><br>A USA Today Bestseller<br><br>A Wall Street Journal Bestseller<br><br>A Book Sense Bestseller
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Life changes drastically for 15-year-old Eragon when he finds a dragon egg from which a female dragon named Saphira soon hatches. This is the first book in the Inheritance trilogy.
| PraiseBulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"[P]aolini manages to combine his own characters with prototypical plot developments in relatively original ways, and makes up for all the scene-setting with a rousing battlefield payoff. That should be enough to satisfy the insatiable appetites of hardcore fantasy readers, who will certainly be on the lookout for the upcoming sequel." - Janice M. Del Negro December 2003 |
| Author Bio| Christopher Paolini | | Home-schooled by his parents, Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he began writing ERAGON, a project he began to entertain himself and which eventually become his first published novel. Inspired by such diverse works as "Beowulf" and Bruce Coville's fantasy story JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER, Paolini's novel tells of a poor peasant boy named Eragon who discovers he is a descendent of the Riders, a band of dragon-riding warriors. Many of the characters in ERAGON speak in languages created by Paolini (with the help of his younger sister, Angela) and which were inspired by Old Norse languages. Originally self-published, ERAGON was brought to the attention of publishing company Alfred A. Knopf by author Carl Hiaasen, who was impressed with his stepson's enthusiastic reading of the book. The book was made into a film in 2006. |
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