What do i say about the inheritance series that has not been said already?
Book 1 of the series is Eragon...It is an amazing novel.
The book starts off with a fact paced action sequence where a shade tries to steal a dragon egg from an elf. He doesn't get the egg,but captures one elf and kills 2 others...
Eragon - the hero of the series picks up the egg in the spine and it is a roller coaster ride for him from then on. He meets up with Brom - an ex-dragon rider who trains him in the art of being a rider. On his journey with Brom and Saphira (his dragon) to track down the killers of his adoptive father, he learns the story of how the riders fell and how the king Galbatorix usurped power. This strengthens his resolve to be on the ide of good...aka. Luke Skywalker.
Brom is ambushed and killed , Eragon makes a new friend in Murtagh and rescues the elf - Arya. He also finds the Varden - the rebels who oppose Galbatorix. The stage is set for a showdown with the shade and the urgals who attack the Varden's outpost. Eragon is greviously injured by the shade, but manages to kill the shade as well. When he despairs of his injury and life, there is a voice in his head which tells him to be sane.
Book 1 ends on this note.
The interesting part of the book is that it probably predicts the manner of ending of the series as well in the form of a dream that Eragon has.
The book is somewhere in between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Comparisons with either series don't make sense as the book itself is for those readers who want to make a smooth transition from Rowling to Tolkein. To think that the author wrote it when he was in his teens boggles the mind.
Some scenes from the book - for example the scene where Angela the witch and solenbaum the werecat are introduced, the rescue of Arya, Eragon's first sparring fight with Arya - all stick to memory. This is a book which can be read multiple times and every part of the book is an awesome read. That is more than can be said about book 2 - which is a great read as well, but parts of which tend to get a little boring.
