Eragon
Fifteen-year-old Eragon discovers a mysterious blue stone in the mountains that turns out to be a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira hatches, Eragon becomes the last of the Dragon Riders and must flee his home to fight the tyrannical King Galbatorix.
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Fifteen-year-old farm boy Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the Spine that turns out to be a dragon's egg. With his old storyteller mentor Brom, he sets out across Alagaesia to learn what he has become.
Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle has four books: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. He has continued the world with Murtagh (2023) and a planned new volume.
The 2006 Eragon film is widely considered one of the worst fantasy adaptations of the 2000s. Both fans of the book and Christopher Paolini have publicly disowned it. There are no plans for further films.
Eragon was written by Christopher Paolini, published in 1998 by cbt.
Eragon is 561 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Eragon takes most readers 8 to 12 hours to finish.
Eragon is a standalone novel by Christopher Paolini, not part of a series.
Eragon is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
