• Eldest

  • The Inheritance Cycle, Book 2
  • By: Christopher Paolini
  • Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
  • Length: 23 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (28,942 ratings)

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Eldest

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Publisher's summary

Nominated, Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, 2007

Nominated, Disney Adventures Book Award, 2005

Nominated, Iowa High School Book Award

Nominated, New York State Three Apples Award

Nominated, Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award

Winner, Quill Award, 2006

Nominated, Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award, 2007

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh, coming 11.7.23!

New magic and new threats take flight in Book Two of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.

"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity."—The Washington Post

Darkness falls… despair abounds… evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix. Now Eragon must travel to Ellésmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.

Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .

©2005 Christopher Paolini (P)2005 Listening Library, a division of Random House, Inc.

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Great book!

This was a great listen, kept my attention for hours. Highly recommend this book for fantasy lovers.

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Excellent story, decent narrator.

The story is fantastic, it's gripping and exciting. I have the same problems with the narrator as I had with him in Eragon. I disagree with some of the voices he has chosen, such as that of Murtag being Irish, but have accepted them. The narrator can get pretty cringy though whenever there's heated scenes with screaming or sound effects, especially when he makes Eragon scream nooooo.

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Wonderful even with issues

I will simply put on here that this series is one of my favorites, this is my third time listening to it now since my job entails driving.

However, in this book there are small issues with audio where the speaker seems to suddenly stop, the story time continues, and from the book it starts up again a couple of sentances later. one such portion is when Eragon is checking in on Arya after the blood oath celebration via scrying. King Orrin asks for the supply manifest and he gets it, starts to talk about the issues then the audio cuts. It continues again after three seconds. I do believe there were other places the story has done the same thing and the later books do it as well. just wanted to bring it to attention.

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Loved the book!

The narration was well done except Eragon's dragon, Saphira. The narrator made her sound like a male.

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A joyful story of overcoming!

Love this "quadrilgy" and look forward to my grandchildren bering old enough to listen. I do tell them a barebones story just to pique their interest. We add to it, they offering possible ideas for the storyline. As a teacher, I LOVE audiobooks, and recommend them to my students.

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Another great title

Another amazing book. This series grips at you and I find it hard to not plug in my headphones and listen no matter the task at hand. The narrator does the voices for the characters extremely well although I sometimes chuckle at the voice of saphira

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Eldest

Trop cool
J ai adoré quand les dwarfs sont arrivées aussi rapidement
Encore trop cool

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awesome book

I love when Eragon rescue Katrina and pay his debut to Rollin. I like the fight on the burning Plains

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Fantastic

One of my favorite series made even better with this awesome narrirator. On to the next book!

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Magical!

I love this story from start to finish! Wonderful performance that kept me interested and entertained throughout it all. Can't wait to read the next one!

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