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I chose to review Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy books Eragon & Eldest. These books are perfect for any fantasy lover. It has magic, battles, fire breathing dragons, a corrupt empire, and it even has it's own languages, which I find really cool. The story line of the books keep you wondering what's going to happen next, is that person going to betray someone, you get the idea. The author has a way to keep you glued to the story and wanting more once your done the book.

For those of you who don't know what the trilogy is about it follow the tale of Eragon a 15 yearold farmer in the town of Carvahall who one day while hunting in the moutains find a beatiful stone which happens to be a dragon's egg and once it hatchs a baby dragon, named of Saphira, Eragon becomes the last of the Dragon Riders but his great honor comes big problems for when he is forced to flee his childhood home into the rest of Alagaesia a whole new world is opened up to him and he is forced to choose between helping free the world of the corrupt empire or joining it.

Besides being a great read the novels are becoming a motion pictures, With Eragon coming into theaters in December.

I find these book's show the importance of loyalty to your friends & famaily as Eragron never abandones his beliefs and always tries to keeps his promises. Because of Eragon's loyalty, & the gripping plot of the story I find this to be one of the best series ever written.

Comments

What a great review. I like when you write about how important family is. I think I will try to find the first book in the series. What is it called?

i have read Eldest (the first book) and i really like it the 3rd book should be coming out this summer

I have read the first book Eragon and the second Eldest. They are both amazing!

i absulutly love the inheritance trilogy! i'm realy into dragons so this looked good. i cant wait for the last book to come out!!

this is the best book i have ever read... i read it 2 years ago today... and i still remember exactly how it went... tahts how good it is... i havent heard anything about the game, or the third book but i cant wait!!!

You know the official site for the books has tons of info on this stuff right? Here is the web address: http://www.alagaesia.com/

I have written a review that is directly contrary to yours. this book was awful. Also, think about the plot of inheritance compared to star wars. they are very similar. In both star wars and Eragon, A young farm boy of misty origin's cousin and uncle are killed by fire by the evil emperor's servants. The Boy sets out with an old man, who gives him a magical sword and teaches him the ways of an ancient order of knights. The boy then frees a princess of the rebels, after the old man died to protect him. The boy and a rogue he meets join the rebels, and participate in a final battle, destroying something of great power that has the ability to kill many things. And so on.

great review and great book is it true that there might be a third?

Yes, there will be a third one

I think you did a great job on your reveiw! I am a total lover of Inheritance, and im glad there are so many other fans.:)

This was a great book. Also the third book is called Empire. Its coming out Next month. I can't wait!

i heard that the book is coming out on march 2oth and it should be called empire

does anyone know exactly when its coming out?

i dont but i hope its soon

Omg pplz the third book is called empire and its coming out in the summer of 2007 for some countries but other 2008. Thank you for your time.

does anyone know the excact date?!

Empire is supposed to come out the summer of 2007. The cover is green with an emerald dragon looking to the right on it.

i LOVE this series!
great review, and yes it is a green dragon facing the right and it will come out (USA) in summer 2007

for anyone looking for a good reason to read this book...you don't need one.READ IT!!!!

i have been looking at thousands of sites to find out info i have found that the book will be coming out in late 2007 and the cover will be an emerald dragon turning to the rite wat will happen probably is arya or roran will becomce dragon riders and everyting ffrom book 1and2 that was never answerd will be told

i do agree that this series resembles Star Wars a little bit- but still Eragon and Eldest were fabulous, shocking and exciting.i cant wait for bk 3 but i wish it was not a trilogy- it should be a series!!
(don't you think that Eragon and Saphira are cool names?)

So the third book is coming out this summer?

The third book is going to be incredible...
Paolini (the writer) said that the last book is going to be the best!
I'm waiting for read it...maybe in summer, becouse I'm spanish, I don't know when arrive in spain!
Some body knows when arrive Empire in Spain?!!

Thanks! ^^

I have read the first 2 books many times and have seen thr movie more times then I can count I cant wait for thr 3rd book to come out!

What is the title of the third book and when is it coming out?

I just had a brainwave

Maybe Arya is the new rider of the Emerald Green Dragon that is confirmed to be featuring on the cover of Empire (though as far as i know this title is unconfirmed). What made me think this is that i am pretty sure when arya uses magic is is green just as when eragon uses magic it is blue. This is just a thought.

I also cannot wait until this book comes out. It will probably take forever because i live in Australia and it always takes forever for things to be released over here. Grrrrr...

Thanks for reading, sorry it is so long.

i love the inheritance trilogy! eragon and eldest are the best books i have ever read!! i cant wait for empire to come out! i want to read it soooo bad! after i read it i kept talking bout it and now like 5 people i no have either read them or they r reading them. i dont no who the next dragon rider will b but i think it will either be roran or morzan has another child that no one knows about. but i love this trilogy to death and i wish it was a series not a trilogy!

These books are awsome, i hope the third comes out soon!!!!!!!!

When is the third coming out????

the book is called gledar or something like that

I am addicted 2 the inheritance books and i cant wait until the third comes out, also does ne 1 no when it is coming out in England

Well I just have to say that I LOVE THIS TRILIGY!!! And I'm so excited for the third book to come out! And the date that it comes out has NOT been confirmed. Anyway I did not like the movie very much. It was a good movie if you've never read the book but it left out so many parts! Like Katrina. And the whole time Eragon and Arya were flirting. Well I know that either Arya or Roran are going to become the next rider. Probably Roran. I can't wait for the next book to come out!!!

i thought the 3rd book is called glader/glaeder

the iniheritance trilogy is best of the best book trilogy I hope it come out in June!!!!!*doing the saphira dance

I would just like to let you know that Empire will be out on September 10, 2007 in the United States.

what is the name of the green dragon?

We don't know yet. Glaeger is the Gold Dragon that belongs to Orosmis. He is missing a leg, and not Glaeder will not be the name of the third book. It is supposedly going to be Empire, but no one is sure.

Paolini said there might be other family members of Eragon and Murtagh that we do't know yet. So if there is another sibling of Eragon, he/she will most likely be the Dragon Rider as it would be a family of Dragon Riders.

Other than that, the only people that I could think of that would be the Dragon Rider would be Arya, Roran, or Nasuanda.

i love the first book and second book! eragon and saphira are fantastic charactors. i hope that the third book WILL be called Empire! i can't wait till it comes out. i think that roran should be the next dragon rider. if not him, then arya or nasuanda should.

Were do you guys find this info ive looked all around and couldnt find anything on the third book

hope the book is coming out...........and i think theres gonna be a heck of a bloody and massive war. Hope roran will be next rider

Please hurry i am dessparate to read the third book i love them both i think that maybe Murtagh will be a new rider i hope i am right either that it will be arya

I love both Star Wars, and Inheritance (<---though the movies aren't very good at all for Inheritance) and it kills me to think that people believe one copied of the other. I am very familiar with Star Wars, and at no point did it even cross my mind while I was reading the current Inheritance books the Christopher Paloni copied. I completely agree that these book are dangerously similar to the Star Wars plot. Buuuuut it's not like it would be impossible for christopher p. to, without thinking of star wars at all, happen to write a similar story line! It's not that hard to think of!

I mean, first- The main character has a normal quiet life. (Farmer is the first thing that pops into mind when you think of a simpleton life. And if the character has both parents alive, and well, that's boring. So in that case, a person would think of an extended small family, like an uncle and cousin as a replacement. Since the parents/siblings are assumed missing or dead (or not even knowing they exist), it sets out the assumption of some unknown past that could have led to the parents/siblings being dead or missing.)

Then- Something exciting happens, the main character may not know it yet, but they will soon alter the course of history. (Now this is something that you cannot blame c.p. for copying - it is a popular concept in tons of stories/movies/books/tv series. You want the character to seem important, extra special from the rest, this is the first way people think of doing it.)

Theeen- a wise, experienced one helps the main character to learn in depth what must be done, and how to do it, teaching an ancient art / the skills required. Since most of the time, they were there to see the evil/problem/villain rise. (Again, not a rare idea to put in a story either. This happens in all forms, in tons of plots all over - as a sensei, an elder, a practical legend, even someone who you are close to who turns out to be this amazing person. Brom and Obi-wan are both old because usually when a person thinks of a wise, experienced one, they think of a person old enough to have been there from the practical begging of the issue, and had experience through it.)

And Then- branishing their new skills, the main character saves/meets/comes across the path of another who is on their side - an ally. Possibly more allies to come. (Again, this is common too. It is pure cowincidence that in both stories, the "other" it is a princess who the main character saves. Saving a princess is a common thing to happen in stories, so no fingers can be pointed!)

The adventure goes on bla bla bla . . . in the end the day is saved

COWINCDENCE coincidence COINCIDENCE!

i hope Arya is the next Rider. it would be cool to have a female Rider. I REALLY WANT THE NEXT BOOK!!!! I wonder what the green Dragon's name is? I think Arya is the next Rider because then she would have a male dragon and eragon would have a female dragon and they would both be in love. I wonder.....

i apsolutely LOVE the inheritance trilogy and cant wait for the third book to come out.
i know it seems like star wars all over again... but its LOADS better!!!

the movie was good two but im sure i would have enjoyed it more if i hadnt already read the book- or if they just made the script more like the book. other than that it was ok.
oh, and does anybody have any new ideas on the name of the third book- i've heard of glaeder and empire but if paolini knows that those are flying around he probibly wont call it that...

well, i hope all those dying to read the final part of this masterpiece gets to soon!

I was wondering does anyone actually know when the third book is coming out. I want to read it badly.

its coming this summer in the U.S.
i think form everything i have heard fomr all the other official websites

i'm dying toread the third book does anyone know when its coming out and does anyone know when eldest the movie is coming out

i just love the inharitance trillogy and can't wait till the third book comes out. I would also like to congratulate Christopher palloni on his great works and his book's movie premeir

The inheritance trilogy is soooooooo good!!! I can't wait for the 3rd book to come out (2008). It's romered that it might be called Empire. I'm sorry but I don't think Ayra will be the next Rider.

I Love these books. SOOOOO Awesome. Anyway, I am sure that the book is Empire and it 's coming out this summer (CANADA '07).
Uh....Yeah. I just watched MY Eragon movie AGAIN in school today.. for the gazillionth time. It is good, but not as good as the books. I still can't wait for the third book to come out though!!
xx : D

The third book is defintly called Empire. I've heard that will come out in summer 2007. I think arya will be the next rider. That would be so awsome. Did yall know that when palioni first started writing this he was 14 years old. WOW he is so talented. I can't wait for book three it is going to be so great.

I have read both books many times each and each time they just get better! I'm on my 15th time of reading Eragon and 10th for reading Eldest. They are the best books I've ever read and I want to read them again and again. Can't wait for book three. Wish I could find definitive info on the title but more importantly the release date. Really hard to wait and wonder.

nice goin you spelt family wrong

eragon is a great book and a great movie and i like starwars to and i think that it is not a thing a like and eldest is great and i can't wait to book three comes out when does it come out in austraila

I absolutely love these books i cant get them out of my head, i dont think of anything else does any one no when the 3rd book is comin out i love it so much i cant explain.

i cant wait for #3 to come out. except some people have it all wrong. after galbatorix is dead,
eragon cant become emporer. hes immortal just like galbatorix-look how he turned out.
also, orik cant be the next rider because hes heir to the throne of the dwarves.


I found Eragon quite interesting. i'd read Eragon and Eldest, which is alots of fun.
I'd finish those book in 1 weeks and a half.
So i hope the third inheritance i expect more...well, more. I can't wait to read when Shurikan ride with Galbatorix (i love black dragon) I hope that Chistopher would write more FANTASY book after he finished his work. I'd every thing that belonged to Ergon;
Books, movie, music, bookmarks, t-shirt, and many other stuff that on my shlef of Eragon (my dad created for me) check Alagaesia.com for more detail and you can be a member.


Ps: Never like Arya she's too old.

I love the Inheritance trilogy and the way Paolini writes them. With so many details and all. I can't wait for the third book. I was really mad, because the school librarian said it was coming out this June but obviously it hasn't. I highly doubt Arya or Roran will be the next riders. I'm pretty sure he will bring in another charrie or the rider will be a surprise. I think it would be a bit boring if Arya or Roran were riders, because you already are familiar with them and know their character. I also can't wait to see how Saphira acts around the new dragon. Sorry for the long message!

P.s. One of the messages above states they hope Murtaugh is the next rider but they obviously didnt read the 2nd book.

eragon and the whole series sucked

paolini is a plaguerist, no new ideas whatsoever

i think empire will come out august 7 2007 in canada, i think elva will be the rider, they never said wat happened to her after the battle, so she mite look like shes 16 now, there is only one dragon egg left... but since galbatorixs dragon was brainwashed into being his dragon (it didnt hatch for him, he stole it) i think it will turn on him......

THis will be the best book ever! I can't wait for EMPIRE to come out!

whoever that was that posted on july 18, they stole my name. i have no idea how they are going to get the last egg from galbatorix!
unless his dragon or murtagh turns on him...
and wats up with the menoa thats sopossed to have a weapon unger it and that vualt of souls in that rock???? thats been bugging me...

i also think that katrina could be the next rider this is a guess so don't get mad

if it doesn't come out soon i don't know what i'll do...

probably go completely insane,

it's coming out august 7th in canada....

i loved eragon and eldest , i cant wait for empire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think that brom is really eragons father and murtagh is his half brother and the book is either called empire or eridor(name of a dragon brom gave eragon near begining)

i think that brom is really eragons father and murtagh is his half brother and the book is either called empire or eridor(name of a dragon brom gave eragon near begining)

my luv for these books mere words cant describe them is it for sure that it is comin sept 10

my sence is that the last dragon rider cant be aray, shes female(duh) and it cant be orik dwarves cant be, that leves roran, oh by the way the name eargon is just dargon with an e insted of a d and saphira cones fron saphire witch is her color. there were a lot of barrowed things in the books too like, arget, its silver in latin. the link where the riders feel the dragons pain and how their linked is rather like in the moive dragon heart. all the same its there good books

hey guys. I read the two books and i thought they were great! they were really good and i think that eragon's bro will swear to eragon in the ancient language so that he can betray the king. they always are talking about how elves find ways to get around promises. i cant wait to read the last, but i need an exact date so i can get it at midnight.

Does any1 kno when the third book is coming out????? I love the inheritance trilogy

The inheritance trilogy is the best!!!! I hope the third one comes out soon. Whoever thinks these aren't good books is wrong!

P.S. Book 3 is gonna be called empire.

I love the inheritance trilogy!!!! The first time i read the books was in fifth grade,i've been waiting for book three ever since.p.s. I'm in seventh grade

NO ONE KNOWS WHEN IT IS COMING OUT SO STOP GETTING OUR HOPES UP WITH FALSE DATES!!!!!

I LOVE Eragon and Eldest! They're the best! I actually fell in love with one of the characters, and he's not even real! Christopher Paolini is the best writer ever!

I can't wait until "Empire" comes out! It's supposed to come out in 2008 and rumors are SUMMER. Only rumors though so don't get your hopes up! Books take a long time to be written. Belive me I'm a writer and it's taken me three to four years for the first ten chapters.

these books are awesome the third book is called empire and i think that roran is going to become the next rider

i think that harry potter will be the next rider dont you?

can't wait for the third book!! when's the second movie comin out? any1 no?

i lve in slovenia (next to italy adnaustria)and does any one know when the book is koming out in slovenia or near slovenia?

I think that arya would make a great rider because (I saw it on on our websites) eragon would have a bigger chanse of romance with arya!!!!!!!!!! it would be COOL!!

I apologise for my mistakes (if there were any)!!!!!!!!!

i heard that it comes out in fall did it allready somewhere????

its called glader not the empire and his cousin did not die!

why does everybody think the third book is gooing to be called empire,nobody has a clue.i hope roran is the next dragon rider. it all makes sense that eragon is morzans son. i cant believe that brom killed more than one of th forswarn. its shocking!!!!!!!!!!!.i predict that the third book will be finnished in april 14 2008. i feal sorry for murtaugh and thorn. theycant be on the vardens(the warders) side. icant wate till book 3!

hey its gonna be on september 28 or 27 2008 s stop hoping about this summer and there are gonna be 4 books yknow. it wont be called empire cause cp* said so.


*christopher paolini

The next book comes out on September 23rd 2008. No I did not make this up I got it straight from a book store web site and it is a well respected book store as well, Indigo Chapters

i cant wait for the third book it is the best book ever written i even want the collection of swords. AHHHHHHHHH i love these books

Yes, I've done the research, and the third book, called 'Brisingr', is coming out on Sept. 28 2008. I even know what the cover looks like! If you go to wikipedia.org, you can see it for yourself.

I just absolutly positivly love these books.But it's so confusing.I've heard abillion different dates that the third book could come out does anyone know a exact date that the third book will come out!

I've heard that the book will be called Inheritance,or Brisingr,or Empire.Does anyone know for sure the title of the third book? P.S. Arya or Roran becoming Dragonriders is rubish.

The idea that Eragon or Murtagh having a child in secret is rubish, pure rubish!

I hate how long Christapher Paloni is taking to write the third book!

The third book is not coming out, I think, till the end of the summer this year or sometime in 2009...I can't remember. But I do know that instead of three books like it was supposed to be there will be four books now because there is too much stuff to put in one more book. I can't wait for either of them thought

Eragon and Eldest are okay but I wonder if the 3rd book is going to be better

i don't know if you have heard but its not a trilogy anymore there is going to be a 4th part

yeah there are gonna be four MAYBE more teh book is called brignr (fire) and its dark grren wif a gold dragon and the plots between inheritance and starwars are SIMILAR on a large scale but on a small scale there are ssssoooooooooooo many differances these are amazing books

Alright. I went to Amazon.com to look for books and they had a banner up for the new release of the 3rd book in the trilogy (Possibly more than a trilogy as people keep saying though there has been no direct proof) The release date is officially September 20th 2008. The book is called Brisingr after the true name of fire. It's cover looks to be black with a Golden-ish dragon looking to the right. If you want to check it our for yourself, go to Amazon.com and go to their books section and the banner should be up there. Or just use the search bar to find it.

The Inheritace cycle was planned to be trilogy,but on Oct. 30 2007 Paolini revealed that the third book was so big he had to split it into two bks. this bk. wil also be bigger than Eragon or Eldest.The title is Brisinr,it'll come out Sep. 20 2008.But no one knows the title or the release date for bk.#4. Brisinr [meaning fire in the ancient language] is one of the first words Eragon learns in the ancient language.So it has particular signifigance,and will be more important than anyone could have guessed. The cover of this bk. will have a picture of Glaedr on it and is illistrated by John Hude "Pallencar". Some things that should have been revealed in the third book might now be revealed in the fourth book. Some thing that might be revealed in the fourth book include: more info about Tornac (Murtagh old trainer), how Thorn matured fast enough to rival Saphira despite their age diference, Eragon and Saphira will have to return to the elves because they took an oath, Eragon needs to get his new weapon and Sulembum said "when the time come and you need a new weapon look under the roots of the monoa tree", Eragon needs to go to the vault of souls and speek his name as instructed by Sulembum, more dwarf coulture will be revealed. Ajihad's and Arya's background will be revealed. In Brisinr Eragon will meet a god and also a new enemy who likes to laugh a lot.

Rock on Shurtugal ! ! !

The Inritance Trilogy is now called the Inheritance Cycle because C.Paolini had to make the 3rd book into two books. The 3rd book is called Brisingr and pictures a gold dragon on a black backround. This book will be released on Sep. 20th in the U.S.A. For more info go to the official website.

i believe that there is going to be a fourth book i cant wait i love the art of the dragons in the front of the books im a huge fan. eragon is the first book i ever read that i realy liked and i will read it over and over again. I preorder the 3rd one im very excited.

To Josh's coment 8/9/08 there is for sure a 4th book.And the artwork is done by John Hude "Pallencar".I've tried to request it from my library but there are 131 books and every ones been preordered.

Shurturgal, the 4th book is the second half of the third book because it is so big

the new book is called bisingr. youknow fire in the ancient language? it came out yesterday in book stores

Christopher Paolini did a book sighning 4 days ago at Fort Louis in Washington I got my Brisingr copy sighned! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The third book great but a disipointment.It's still great though just not as good as eldest. Rock On Christopher Paolini Fans! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

i love the inheritance cycle............and as for those of you who think that the inheritance cycle is similar to star wars ...well it kinda is but it is definately not the same cuz i luv the inheritance cycle and i hate STAR WARS.....

i love you poalini but you better hurry up i started reading eragon in the ninth grade
i am now a junior as brisinger was released ...and by the time the fourth book comes out ill probably be in college sorry for the length

ROCK ON INHERITANCE CYCYLE LOVERS !!

i think the 1st,2nd and 3rd are awesome.when will the 4th book be out ,i cant wait to read it

i have read the first book eragon the second eldest and the third brisinger and cant wat till the 4th !!!!! please hurry up im 13 and i have read all three of them twice !!!!!!!!!!!
luvvvvvvvvv ur bookz !!!!!!! xxx

i absolutely love the inheritance cycle.
when is the fourth book coming out.
what's the name of the fourth book
you've read them twice ,ha i've read all of them seventimes and I'm 13, too.

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