Eldest - Christopher Paolini

Eldest. The sequel to Eragon by Christopher Paolini. I have mixed opinions on the book but on the whole, i enjoyed it a lot. Eragon starts off the story in this, the inheritance trilogy. It follows the events that occur to a farm boy of 17 when he finds a dragon egg and becomes the first of the legendary dragon riders in centuries. With his new found abilities in magic and strength, he chooses to find the varden, a rebel society opposed to the evil king Galbatorix, in order to help them fight against the empire that killed his uncle. It was an outstanding book (though the film did it NO justice whatsoever) and this, Eldest, is the story that follows immediately on from ...

Eldest is the second book in the inheritance trilogy and the sequel to Eragon, with the third book titled Brisingr set for an autumn 2008 release, around October. Eldest was first published in august 2005 and the Inheritance trilogy was first aimed to span over three books but recently Paolini has stated that it will now in fact be a four book trilogy. Much like Eragon, the front cover of Eldest depicts a dragon, be it a red dragon this time instead of a purple one. This immediately gives away the fact that the book will feature another dragon but this is not of major significance. The book itself is far larger than Eragon, spanning over approximately 700 ...

I stumbled upon Eragon the first book in this series somewhat by accident and absolutely loved it. I was incredibly excited about seeing the film and was so disappointed by it as it was nothing like the book. It was with a restrained excitement then that I started the second book in the series "Eldest" but I wasn't to be disappointed a second time. Eldest follows Eragon and Saphira in the build up to another battle between the Varden and the Empire. There is a large section of the book where these two principle characters go to Ellesme'ra, the home of the elves, to complete their training. The book also gives a lot more focus to Roran, Eragon's ...