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Physical Description:505 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. print
Edition:1st Knopf trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, c2002.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Shade of fear -- Discovery -- Palancar Valley -- Dragon tales -- Fate's gift -- Awakening -- Tea for two -- Name of power -- Miller-to-be -- Strangers in Carvahall -- Flight of destiny -- Doom of innocence -- Deathwatch -- Madness of life -- 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 -- Song for the road -- Taste of Teirm -- Old friend -- Witch and the werecat -- Of reading and plots -- Thieves in the castle -- Costly mistake -- Vision of perfection -- Master of the blade -- Mire of Dras-Leona -- Trail of oil -- Worshipers of Helgrind -- Ra'zac's revenge -- Murtagh -- Legacy of a rider -- Diamond tomb -- Capture at Gil'ead -- Du Sundavar Freohr -- Fighting shadows -- Warrior and a healer -- Water from sand -- Ramr River -- Hadarac Desert -- Path revealed -- Clash of wills -- Flight through the valley -- Horns of a dilemma -- Hunting for answers -- Glory of Tronjheim -- Ajihad -- Bless the child, Argetlam -- Mandrake root and newt's tongue -- Hall of the mountain king -- Arya's test -- Shadows lengthen -- Battle under Farthen Dûr -- Mourning sage -- Pronunciation guide and glossary -- Special preview of Eldest.
Summary, etc.:
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters