Eragon
core novel 2002 The Inheritance Cycle
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (1,967,198 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 503 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780375826696 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
A fifteen-year-old farm boy named Eragon, raised by his uncle in the village of Carvahall, finds a mysterious stone in the mountains that turns out to be a dragon egg, which hatches into a dragon he names Saphira. When the tyrannical King Galbatorix learns that a new dragon has appeared, he sends his servants, the Ra'zac, after Eragon and Saphira, forcing the pair to flee their home rather than face capture. Joined by the village storyteller Brom, who becomes Eragon's mentor and teaches him swordsmanship, magic, and the ancient elvish language, Eragon begins to grasp what it means to become a Dragon Rider, a position of power that only the corrupted Galbatorix currently holds.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Inheritance Cycle
- Series: The Inheritance Cycle core; position 1 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 1 of 4: next Eldest (2005)
- Internal chronology, within The Inheritance Cycle: position 1 of 5: next Eldest (2005)
Sources
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