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Eragon

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

Winner, Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, 2005

Winner, Colorado Children's Book Award, 2005

Winner, Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2006

Winner, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2005

New York Times Bestseller, 2004

Nominated, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, 2004

Winner, Tennessee Volunteer State Award, 2005

Winner, Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2004

Winner, Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List, 2004

Winner, Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award, 2004

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

A new adventure hatches in Book One 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

When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and, gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.

©2003 Christopher Paolini (P)2002 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"It's an impressive start to a writing career that's sure to flourish." (Booklist)

"Doyle's range of accents is perfect for the multiple characters of this epic....On paper Eragon is a sprawling fantasy, filled with obvious nods to Tolkien and too many convenient plot devices. But on audio, it fills the ears with vivid characters, witty dialogue, and nail-biting battle scenes set in a magical world where a beautiful blue dragon and her rider are at the noble center of it all." (AudioFile)

"An impressive epic fantasy." (Publishers Weekly)

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love it besides "dragon voice"...weird

love the story and his telling of it except I always find the dragon voice to be weird

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great book

great book. couldn't have asked for better. narrator does an excellent job in telling the story.

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The voice

great book. not a huge fan of the way Sophia's voice was done. other than that great book to listen to!

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Saphira voice is terrible

I love these books but the Saphira voice is terrible and almost comical at times. I wish there was a different audiobook version.

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Dragon voice is obnoxious

I have read all of these books in print and got this audiobook to share the story with my kid. I like the narrator mostly except for when he portrays the dragon voice. The narrator choose a deep gravelly voice for the dragon which is absurd. First because it is a female and second because the dragons in this book speak mind to mind, no voice involved. It is pretty distracting and sounds like a bad cartoon character. There are better ways to express a large animal “voice” to portray the regal alien character.

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What a read!

Wonderful story & powerful storyteller! Couldnt put it down! Cant wait to begin book 2!

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Awesome!

I enjoyed this book. It was recommended to me by my son and now I can't wait to read the next book.

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You should read

Wow, their is no word to describe this book. This book was ao fun I am definatley going to read the next book. The narator was good too.

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voice actor

can we get female voice actor for sephera, she sounds odd voiced in the way it is.

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Loved the book, but the narrator needs some work.

I loved the book and it brought me back to when I read it as a younger kid. My biggest issue with the book is how the narrator voices Saphira. Ive always imagined her voice similar to how the movie voiced her and the narrator makes her sound like Yoda with an even deeper and gruffer voice. it just made me cringe whenever Saphira talked and I heard that. Other than that the narrator was fine and pleasant to listen to. And Ive always loved this book series, I really look forward to listening to the later books.

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