Eragon
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4.6 • 17 Ratings
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- $23.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
Gerrard Shale's reading turns this magnificent adventure into a thrilling audiobook for fans of all ages.
When Eragon finds a polished 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. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...
Customer Reviews
Book 13 (2025)
In the debut novel of Christopher Paolini we return to 2003 to the world of Alagaësia, where a fifteen year old boy discovers a large blue egg while hunting in the forest. Little does he know, this egg will shape his destiny and that of the world.
Fast forward to 2006, where a colourful cast headed by Ed Speleers; Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Robert Carlyle, Sienna Guillory, Garret Hedlund and Rachel Weisz enter onto the big screen. Add the 15% review on rotten tomatoes and an underwhelming box office performance, and you get a film that is cringe worthy at best and easily forgotten.
But in 2025 we’ve retuned, back to where it all began in the humble beginnings with Eragon, the first novel in the internationally best selling series ‘The Inheritance Cycle’.
Reading Eragon felt like a distorted memory lane experience. At times things felt familiar but then there were moments where things were a little fresh or painfully riddled with the most exposition I’ve ever come across.
Eragon is dense, and just under 500 pages long, so it’s hard to comprehend a film doing justice with a run time of one hour and 44min. However in saying, my own experience left me wondering if the book could’ve shaved off a decent number of pages - leaving my brain to build by imagination vs the author telling me what every minuscule detail looked like around every corner Eragon walked.
I’m nervous to think about the follow up novel, Eldest, and just where it will leave me after 700 pages.
A 3 ✨ read. 🫑