The book is a story about a lowly farmer boy.  His name is Eragon.  His was adopted by his uncle.  His uncle’s name is Garrow and he also lives with his cousin Roran.  They live in the land of Alagaesia.  Alagaesia is ruled by the evil king Galbatorix.

Brom is a storyteller and he tells of Dragon riders.  Eragon finds a blue stone in the Spire while he is hunting.  Suddenly Eragon’s life is pulled into turmoil, he becomes the new Dragon Rider and is faced with the daunting tasks of bringing together the Elf, Dwarf and Dragons together to overthrow Galbotorix.

I can give a lot of praise to Christopher Paolini for writing this novel.  It has imagination, grief, death, sorrow and maturity.

My favourite character in this novel is the mysterious Elf who hides a lot more then she tells.

I think this book is a very good example of great fantasy writing.  I would give this book five out of five stars.  There are a series of books & I would recommended anyone who read Eragon to continue on and read ‘Eldest’ and ‘Brisingr’.

Jack Hynes