The Sunday Times bestseller
"A compelling and action-filled adventure...a galloping good example of its genre"---Daily Telegraph
"This book is an achievement ,Rraders...will be transported"---Sunday Times
"A portrayal of true affection between boy and dragon...paolini writes like someone gripped by his own story' ---Guardian
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.
Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...
Prologue: Shade of Fear
Discovery
Palancar Valley
Dragon Tales
Fate's Gift
Awakening
Tea for Two
A Name of Power
A Miller-to-Be
Strangers in Carvahall
Flight of Destiny
The Doom of Innocence
Deathwatch
The Madness of Life
A Rider's Blade
Saddlemaking
Therinsford
Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle
Revelation at Yazuac
Admonishments
Magic Is the Simplest Thing
Daret
Through a Dragon's Eye
A Song for the Road
A Taste of Teirm
An Old Friend
The Witch and the Werecat
Of Reading and Plots
Thieves in the Castle
A Costly Mistake
Vision of Perfection
Master of the Blade
The Mire of Dras-Leona
"Trail of Oil
Worshipers of Helgrind
The Ra'zac's Revenge
Murtagh
Legacy of a Rider
Diamond Tomb
Capture at Gilead
Du S6ndavar Freohr
Fighting Shadows
A Warrior and a Healer
Water from Sand
The Ramr River
The Hadarac Desert
A Path Revealed
A Clash of Wills.....
Flight Through the Valley
The Horns of a Dilemma
Hunting for Answers
The Glory of Troniheim
Ajihad
Bless the Child, Argetlam
Mandrake Root and Newt's Tongue
Hall of the Mountain King
Arya's Test
The Shadows Lengthen
Battle Under Farthen Dur
The Mourning Sage
Pronunciation guide
Glossary
Acknowledgments