Summary Of The Inheritance Cycle By Christopher Paolini

Eragon is the first instalment in the Inheritance Cycle. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini is a four book sequence set in the magical land of Alagaesia, which currently ruled by the evil usurper Galbatorix. The only hope that the rebels have is a dragon hatched to a farm boy named Eragon in a remote settlement at the edge of the Empire.
The book tells the story of a farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. Not knowing the stone's origin or worth, he attempts to use it as payment to a butcher. A dragon he later names Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When the evil King Galbatorix finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, the Ra'zac, to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, with a storyteller named Brom, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want the downfall of Galbatorix.
This book does not shy away from difficult questions about the nature of magic and other races; it embraces them. Paolini created a unique system for dragons and humans to bond. These dragons are intimately bonded with their rider, and they care about each other in a relationship that is incredibly close.There is so many more details of their mental link or the nature and limitations of magic or the other races, but it is better to discover them yourself. This book features significant character progression, and the character at the end of the book is dissimilar from the character at the beginning. Eragon is forced to mature quickly because of his frequent encounters with danger. One interesting facet of this book is the interaction of different races with each other, and discovering how they live together. Why are some people able to use sorcery and others not? What are elves? How do they