Eragon By Christopher Paolini

Eragon was hunting in the Spine (the forest by his home) when a mysterious blue rock appears, scaring off the deer that he had been tracking for days. Not having any meat to bring back for dinner, he is forced to go to Sloan, the butcher to trade the blue rock for some meat. Sloan is frightened by the rock, and that he got it in the Spine, and sends him away.

After a couple days of wondering what the rock is, it hatches! And a dragon comes forth from the egg. When Eragon touches the dragon, a mark is burned onto his hand. And the dragon riders live on.

But just weeks later, two strangers enter Carvahall (where Eragon lives) and start to ask questions about the egg. While in the town center of Carvahall, Eragon hears the two strangers talking to the evil butcher Sloan, and he tells the strangers where Eragon lives. At his uncles farm.

Eragon starts to run to his uncles farm, but his dragon stops him, and forces him to ride her as she carries him away. It isn't until the next morning that his dragon finally takes him back to save his uncle, but it may just be too late. With the help of his dragon, he struggles to take his uncle into Carvahall to seek help from the town "nurse". Just as he gets to the village, he blacks out. After he wakes up, he goes to see his uncle that is not doing well, and later dies.

Scared, and saddened, he flees, but Brom, the town story teller, stops him, and helps him.
Eragon starts to learn from Brom, about how to take care of his dragon. He travels with Brom for weeks and months.

But, while fighting the evil shade Darza, Brom gets injured, and days later dies. But with the help of a new friend, Murtagh, Eragon and his dragon escape with the Elf that they also save.

And they head off to the Varden, to get help to save the Elf's life.
After weeks of traveling they finally get to the Varden, a large group of people that are against the evil Empires, or rather, the King's way of ruling his kingdom. But Murtagh refuses to enter the Varden's city. But with the threat of Urgals behind them, Murtagh, against his wishes, forces himself to enter. But he has a secret that will threaten his life for the rest of it.

But, Eragon is just a young dragon rider, how will he help the Varden to defeat the Urgals that also threaten to destroy the Varden's City? But, he will prevail, as he saves many lives, and kills the shade that threatens them all.

This book was an amazing read! I loved the way Christopher Paolini was able to take this world he created and make it wonderful to read! It was full of great adventure, and the idea of hope when there is so much despair that happens. This was an amazing read!