The Sunday Times bestseller

"A compelling and action-filled adventure...a galloping good example of its genre"---Daily Telegraph

"This book is an achievement ,Rraders...will be transported"---Sunday Times

"A portrayal of true affection between boy and dragon...paolini writes like someone gripped by his own story' ---Guardian

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...

Prologue: Shade of Fear

Discovery

Palancar Valley

Dragon Tales

Fate's Gift 

Awakening

Tea for Two

A Name of Power

A Miller-to-Be

Strangers in Carvahall

Flight of Destiny

The Doom of Innocence

Deathwatch

The Madness of Life

A Rider's Blade

Saddlemaking

Therinsford

Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle

Revelation at Yazuac

Admonishments

Magic Is the Simplest Thing

Daret

Through a Dragon's Eye

A Song for the Road

A Taste of Teirm

An Old Friend

The Witch and the Werecat

Of Reading and Plots

Thieves in the Castle

A Costly Mistake

Vision of Perfection

Master of the Blade

The Mire of Dras-Leona

"Trail of Oil

Worshipers of Helgrind

The Ra'zac's Revenge

Murtagh

Legacy of a Rider  

Diamond Tomb

Capture at Gilead

Du S6ndavar Freohr

Fighting Shadows

A Warrior and a Healer

Water from Sand

The Ramr River

The Hadarac Desert

A Path Revealed

A Clash of Wills.....

Flight Through the Valley

The Horns of a Dilemma

Hunting for Answers

The Glory of Troniheim

Ajihad     

Bless the Child, Argetlam

Mandrake Root and Newt's Tongue

Hall of the Mountain King

Arya's Test

The Shadows Lengthen

Battle Under Farthen Dur

The Mourning Sage

Pronunciation guide

Glossary

Acknowledgments