Product Description:Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…
Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.
Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.
Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .
Praise for Eragon:“Unusual, powerful . . . fresh and fluid. An impressive start to a writing career that’s sure to flourish.” –
Booklist, Starred
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.” –
People“The new ‘It’ book of children’s lit.” –
U.S. News & World Report“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” –
Publishing houses WeeklyA #1 New York Times Bestseller
A #1 Publishing houses Weekly Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A Book Sense Book of the Year
A #1 Book Sense Selection
From the Hardcover edition.
Download Description:Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…
Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.
Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle–one that might put Eragon in even graver danger.
Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .
Praise for
Eragon:
“Unusual, powerful . . . fresh and fluid. An impressive start to a writing career that’s sure to flourish.” –
Booklist, Starred
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.” –
People“The new ‘It’ book of children’s lit.” –
U.S. News & World Report“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.” –
Publishing houses WeeklyA #1 New York Times Bestseller
A #1 Publishing houses Weekly Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A Book Sense Book of the Year
A #1 Book Sense Selection
From the Hardcover edition.
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This book, Eldest is good no doubt, but some parts, most of the book actually are really slow. It also has a great problem, it seems it is some kind of rip-off book from Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and more.
Let me explain, when Luke goes to avenge his uncle with Obi-Wan, an old but clever teacher...Wait, that's Eragon goes to avenge his uncle with Brom. Well anyway, they fight a lot of enemies, they kill Durza and then Eldest starts. The story follows Eragon with Gimli and Arwen going...Oops, I mean Orik and Ayra. They arrive to the Elven city and there Eragon learns the arts of the Dragon Riders from an old man who is a rider himslef. Some of the things he learns are interesting but when you read 500 pages about a boy learning you're bound to get bored when an entire chapter is about ants, or when dear Oromis goes into the river with Eragon without clothes on, or...well, you'll get bored. Then the battle comes, some interesting things happen again and boom! Darth Vader appears and claims to Eragon "No, I am your father"**dramatic music playing in the back**...Damn, did it again! It's actually Murtagh who says to Eragon that he's his brother and that Morzan, a bad guy who is dead, is their father...Oh, he also loses his sword which doesn't remind me of Luke losing his Lightsabre when Darth Vader told him the truth...
All in all, you can read the book, you'll get bored in some parts, you'll find many paralells with other novels and you can either like it or hate it. Good luck.
PS: Eragon faints every other page and you'll get tired of it. At the end of the book, he's lost concioussness so many times, you wonder how he doesn't get any brain damage
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I enjoyed Eldest immensly. Not many books can pull me from video games, but this book and its prequel did just that. I enjoyed the progression through the book, but I wanted it to continue when I finished. I will be purchasing Brisingr when it is released.
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This is a great book, the story line continues from the very first book and the characters are developed nicely. I cant wait for the subsequent installment to be delivered in august. I pre-ordered the subsequent book for myself and for a friend.
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Oh why? This was a massacre of popular stories OTHER PEOPLE WROTE! I fully expected Morzan to come back from the dead Kenobi-style and announce to the world, "Eragon, I am your father." and Eragon to anguish over it for the rest of the book. OH WAIT! That last part actually HAPPENED! Garion was also overdue for an appearance, coming in to say, "Why did you steal the cool mark on my hand that I have to keep hidden?" And for added fun, why not throw in a cute little scene where Arya's scent WAFTS toward Eragon, and she smells suspiciously like pine needles and another spicy scent. Oh wait, I think he did that too! Somebody read too many of his mom's romance novels when he was younger! This was a horrible book. If you value your sanity, IQ level, or anything else, DON'T read this. I regret actually borrowing this book from the library, and genuinely feel sorry that they spent money on this piece of cliched, predictable drivel.
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I was one of the many who picked up on the fact that the very first book was basically the plot of Star Wars transplanted into Middle Earth. I naively thought that this could not possibly continue into the second book. How very wrong I was.
First though, while being predictable is its main problem, its very first and most obvious problem is that it's just too long. Now, I don't have a problem with long books. I've read plenty of six or seven hundred page books in a few days. But this one has the added problem of not being terribly interesting. I literally checked this book out and started to read it four different times before I finally made it all the way through. The characters were never drawn out enough for me to care about them.
The plot is basic enough. Simple farmboy suddenly has amazing destiny. In this installment, Eragon goes to see Yoda, sorry I mean... oh wait, I can't remember his real name, to recieve training and guidance. Meanwhile his cousing Roran fights the Ra'zac when they try to capture Carvahall and then kidnap his fiancee Katrina. There's a big battle at the end, but we don't see much of it because we're too busy watching Eragon have an Epiphany about his father.
Sound familiar? That's because it's all been done before. The entire time I was reading this book I felt as if I'd already read it. And that made it predictable. And the shocker twist ending? Well, anyone who's seen Star Wars could have seen that one coming. In the end this book is okay, it just doesn't compare to the stories it tries to mimic. It isn't as masterful and epic as Lord of the Rings, or as engaging as Harry Potter, or as original and fun as Star Wars. If you've already read/seen all those, then, yeah, this might be a good read for you. But if you haven't... well, I suggest you go do that before investing your time in this series.
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Christopher Paolini's abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at age 15. 
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