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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 the book!

Read this 20 years ago and have came back to listen to it. The story is great and for the most part I think the person who is reading does a great job, I am not huge fan of Saphiras voice but I get what he was going for. I always thought of her as wise woman not so much a monster but once you get used to it you don't really notice. Thanks for a great ride!

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The world building is wonderful.

Sometimes the story can be a tiny little bit rusty, but every story is, and for being written by an amateur teen, it's just amazing. Definitely better connected and consistent than Harry Potter, in my opinion.
The narrator is fine, until he narrates Safira or Solembum, or - godforbid - tries to put emotions into the speech, which just isn't working out for him. He goes for it, but doesn't lean into it fully, so it sounds so ingenuine that it feels almost parodic, and it ruins the immersion a of the moment. That last battle-losing speech of Eragon's had only make me laugh. Other than that, the narrator's voice is quite pleasant and fits the book well.

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Why?

Why did the narrator decide to ruin this book? I don't know if I could come up with worse voices on purpose. Every time Saphira or the werecat speak, I'm amazed again at just how stupid and awful there mind voices are and it pulls me right out of the story. Great author, especially for his age, but he should have vetted his narrator better

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Love the series, the pronunciation fails sometimes.

The reader's mispronounciation of "Murtagh" was rather annoying. it's obviously not "Mur-Tag" but rather "Mur-tah" other than that it was great! granted the reader also mispronounced Eragon a couple of times but it wasn't as egregious.

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Great Fantasy Saga

I haven't read this book for nearly 20 years. It was great to relive it. My only criticism is the way is the way Sophia's voice sounds (like a scary old guy). I am looking forward to the next title.

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Great Adventure

Hearing the story read after reading it was throughly enjoyable. The narrator was superb in mastering the various characters voices and this is one to listen to again and again. Absolutely worth the investment!

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spectacular

Refreshing. so we'll written, obviously this tome helped pave the way for so much of modern dragon based books. beautifully crafted, and I love that it's not filled with se× scenes etc. what a magical world, simply good fun.

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Amazing

amazing series so far an easy listen can't wait to hear the rest of the series play out.

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everything

orignal story, heartbreak, drama, and eragon is so relatable best book i ever have read 101 or of 100%!

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Great!

This is a great start to an awesome story! I’ve read the complete series a few times and just finished Murtagh so I wanted to come back and listen to the originals. The audiobook version is awesome!

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