Eragon

              Eragon

By: Christopher Paolini 

Eragon: The first book in the Inheritance Cycle starts when a poor farmer finds a precious stone. He cannot find marketers to buy the stone because they are suspicious of how much its worth. Later one night in his room the stone starts to rock, little did he know it was a dragon egg and the old stories were coming true in his life. The egg hatched and he managed to hide it from his uncle and cousin. Soon strangers came to town speaking of the blue stone (the dragon egg) they tracked him down and while he was gone (flying on his dragon) they destroyed his farm, killed his uncle, and left the village fearing it's safety.  He later escaped the village with Brom the old story teller and dragon rider whose dragon died, swearing vengeance. 

Eldest: The second book in the Inheritance Cycle and one of the most intense when Murtaugh is kidnapped while Ajihad (the leader of the resistance and Eragon's ally) is killed.  Murtaugh is found later in the book attacking the Varden (the resistance) on the evil King Galbatorix's side.  But that's not all, Murtaugh is a dragon rider! His dragon's name is Thorn. That is bad news for the Varden, a new dragon rider on Galbatorix's side! Meanwhile Roran is sailing on a ship to join the Varden little did he know Eragon his cousin, was the last free dragon rider.

Brisingr: The thrid book in the Inheritance Cycle when Eragon goes to go train with the elves.  Also he meets the other free rider that was hiding in attempt to wait to teach the next rider, their names were Oromis and Gleadr. Oromis teaches Eragon while Gleadr teaches Saphira. they learn lots of magic and skills they never had beforehand. Gleadr and Oromis go into battle against Thorn and Murtaugh and lose. Oromis dies and with him Gleadr but Gleadr survives through his heart of hearts (dragons can continue to live if they transfer their soul into their heart of hearts and that is how Galbatoix gained power, dragons power can be used through their heart).

Inheritance: The last and my personal favorite book on the Inheritance Cycle.  The Varden lay siege on Uru'baen (Galbatorix's location and city). Many of the Varden die while Saphira, Eragon, Arya, Gleadr's heart of heart, elva, and other dragon's heart of hearts go to challenge and kill Galbatorix. It seems like the soldiers are fighting a hopeless battle until Roran (Eragon's cousin) kills Galbatorix's army leader Barst. They win but at a high cost. many of their soldiers died but the evil king is dead and they rescued the green dragon egg. The egg hatches to Arya and she becomes queen of the elves as well as a dragon rider. Eragon then leaves Alagaesia to never return.....