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About The Author
Christopher Paolini’s love of science fiction and fantasy inspired him to start writing Eragon along with the rest of the Inheritance Cycle at the age of 15, when he graduated from high school. He became a New York Times bestselling author at the age of 19. Christopher intended to make this series a trilogy but later decided to divide the series into 4 separate books as he extended the length of the third book. The three books of this series that have released are Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr.
Presently, Christopher aims towards the completion of the last book of this series. He lives with his family in Paradise Valley, Montana. His family’s publishing company, Paolini International LLC, played the initial role in promoting Eragon with its publication. Knopf played the next big role in the promotion of Eragon and the remaining books of this series. Christopher has created the imaginary realm of Alagaesia in the minds of Eragon’s readers by sparking their imagination with nothing but words.
Summary
Eragon, a farm boy in Carvahall, finds a strange blue stone in a region of untamed forest called the Spine. He later finds out that this peculiar blue stone is actually a dragon egg. He secretly takes care of this dragon, Saphira, in a forested area behind his house. As time passed, Eragon realizes that he will soon have to reveal his secret to Roran (his cousin brother) and Garrow (his uncle) as Saphira grew and matured extremely quickly.
As soon as Galbatorix found out about Saphira he sent his agents (the Ra’zac) to capture her and
Eragon. The Ra’zac were able to kill Eragon’s uncle, Garrow, but couldn’t capture Eragon or Saphira. Brom, a former Dragon Rider, mysteriously appeared as Eragon and Saphira were about to escape and asked them to bring him along. Brom (in the guise of a storyteller) teaches Eragon magical spells and fighting techniques so that he would be able to fight for himself in dire situations. Brom and Eragon are later

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