WIKI
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The book tells the story of a young farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. A dragon he later names Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When the evil King Galbatorix finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, the Ra'zac, after them in an effort to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix.
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The book setting is very similar to the Lord of the Rings. If we have middle earth on LOTR, Eragon has Alagaesia. Characters such as elves, dwarves, orcs, and other mythical creatures also appear on this book.
The book centers on the story of the "dragon riders" or like peace keepers. One rider Galbatorix, is the main villain. He killed all the other dragons. Making him the only dragon rider with a dragon thus became the ruler.
Eragon found one egg and named his dragon Saphira. The book ended with Eragon heading to the elves to further his training to be dragon rider. Since he had Saphira, Galbatorix is hunting him down.
Its the first book of a Quadrilogy (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance). The author -Christopher Paolini, calls his series - The Inheritance Cycle.
The book showed a lot of similarites with LOTR and STARWARS. If you like LOTR, then I think you will like this too. Its a bit easier to read then LOTR. Anyways, I still like it. Though each book is a bit long - a real novel!!!!
The movie is a big disappointment. Its really horrible!!!!
The 4th book is scheduled for release this year. I have been waiting for it for more than a year now.