Eragon

I was reading a very good book a couple of days ago and I am now doing a book report on it. Eragon is a fantasy book written by Christopher Paolini. It is about a boy that rode a Dragon and had a bunch of adventures in Alagaesia. It part of a four part series that has three books published.


Eragon is about a young  boy named Eragon, son of None. (In Eragon, his father's name is not known.) He lives in the village of Carahall in Alagaesia. (Map at bottom. Also I have some background on the races and country's in the area. This will make more sense if you read that first.) When hunting in The Spine, Eragon comes across a odd blue stone. The stone appeared with a bang, scaring the herd of deer that he was hunting. He brought it home thinking that it might be valuable, and that he could trade it for meat. He found no value for it in the village. Then he brought it home. After a week, he found it to be hollow, and the next morning it was gone. There was a Dragon instead. The Empire then destroys his farm and his Uncle looking for the stone. Then Eragon goes on a quest with the village storyteller,  Brom who knew all about the Dragon Riders of olden times.


 By going to Teirm, and looking at the shipping records for the deadly poison used on Eragon's Uncle, they tracked down the servants of Galbatorix. (The Evil King of the Empire.) During the journey, Eragon learns magic, sword fighting, and about dragons as a race. (Dragons are as intelligent as humans, and had their own culture, and homeland. They had been almost destroyed, by the King, and there were only two eggs, and two dragons left.) Also Eragon was having weird dreams about a woman that was imprisoned. They went to Dras-Leona, the place of the killers lair. As they searched the city they were ambushed by the Raz'ac (the killers) and caught. They then escaped with the help of a strange stranger named Murtagh. Brom was mortally injured in the attack, and died later. Before he died he revealed that he used to be a Dragon Rider. Then Murtagh, and Eragon travel to Gil'ead were there is an agent of the Varden. Then there they find then the woman that Eragon was dreaming in the town prison. Finding that she is an Elf, he helps her escape, but has to fight a Shade first. (A Shade is a sorcerer that is possessed by evil spirits. They are very strong sword fighters, and spell casters.) They then go to the Varden with the Elf in a coma. Once in with the Varden, which were staying with the Dwarves, the Elf wakes and The Empire attacks with Urgals, and Durza: The Shade. They win, and destroy Durza. The Book ends.
  


That is the book Eragon. It is in my opinion very good, and very well written. I love fantasy, and this book is a prime specimen. Also Christopher Paolini, was home schooled, and I have a preference to that too. He wrote this book when he was fifteen. All around this is a great book, and an even better series. I hope you enjoyed this. Maybe you will get the book and love it too! 




This is not an entire map but almost, and you don't need to know about the far east in the first book. Also The Empire has no official name, but has borders not shown on the map. It starts at the edge of the Hardac desert, and goes to the east coast. The forest is not controlled by the Empire, but the Elves that live unknown to the general public. Other than the forest the Empire goes to the top edge of the map, and continues down to Surda, whose borders are clearly marked. The Beor mountains are in the control of the Dwarves who also like the Elves, live in secret, to the citizens of the Human Empire. The Dwarves reach goes to the Far East then up to The Du Weldenvarden forest. Surda is a country that succeeded from the empire.  Surda is in a cold war with the Empire, the Empire really wants that land but does not want to show open war. The Southern Islands are part of Surda. Shark tooth Island is part of the Empire, and the Empire has claimed Vroengarg, but has no real control over the bandit run island. Urgals, are a race of war loving monsters that lives hidden in The Spine. The Varden are a band of rebels that hate the Empire, and have no real land, but are contently shifting.