Eldest
core novel 2005 The Inheritance Cycle
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (503,305 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 704 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780375840401 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Inheritance Cycle
- Series: The Inheritance Cycle core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Christopher Paolini
Notes
- From the series record (The Inheritance Cycle): A farm boy in the land of Alagaesia finds a dragon egg and is drawn into a rebellion against the tyrant king Galbatorix; the original quartet, self-published by the author in 2002 before Knopf's 2003 edition.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Inheritance Cycle: position 2 of 4: previous Eragon (2002) · next Brisingr (2008)
- Internal chronology, within The Inheritance Cycle: position 2 of 5: previous Eragon (2002) · next Brisingr (2008)
Sources
← The Inheritance Cycle dossier · All universes
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