• 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 (28,692 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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Disappointed

After watching the movie of Eragon.. knowing that Saphia was a female dragon, the voice used caused me to lose intrestas a listener. Reader.. try a littler harder to use a females voice rather than a rough Yoda voice..
VERY DISAPPOINTED.. not even going to finish it.. wasted 2 credits

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Mixed feelings

First off i am a big fan of this series but after reading the first book I had a lot of difficulty staying focused with this one. The author spends too much time trying to explain the lore of certain races and clans and tends to ramble on. Unlike the first book this one moves at such a slow pace I was tempted on more than one occasion to hit the skip button to jump ahead.

While I gave this book a 3 I still think it is a good series but this book certainly could have been done better.

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great series

very enjoyable lstening

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Wow

This is a more than worthy sequel to the excellent Eragon. It builds more on the world of the elves and has some great turns of the plot. If you've read Eragon and liked it then this is simply more and better of the same quality writing and has the usual excellent narration as well.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Great book, good narration

The story is exceptional, I'm glad I picked this one up. The narrator does a decent job at using different voices for different characters, but sometimes tries a little too hard and falls flat. For example, to my ear, the voice of Sophira (the dragon) sounds just like one of the monsters from Sesame Street. Not exactly awe-inspiring. So, minus one star for narration that could have been better, but I would still recommend. I'm now hooked on the series, and likely won't be able to wait for the audible version of the final book, and have already pre-ordered the hardback from Amazon.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Eldest on audio

This was my first attempt at an audio book. I have read the story at least twice before and with the new book Brisingr coming out next month, I wanted to re-read it but don't have the time. So, I figured I would try the audio version. Although the content is true and genuine, I find the voice of the narrator to be quite annoying. I also find that he is mispronouncing names of people and places. I also do not care for the changes he makes to his voice to signify different characters who are speaking especially his feeble attempt at doing a female dragon voice. Truthfully, it makes the book difficult to listen to especially after having seen the movie which, no doubt, has placed an indelible idea as to who the characters are from the story into my mind. I am trying very hard to get past the sounds and focus on the content but this is proving difficult. I only hope that future audio books are not similar. The 4 stars I gave as a rating applies strictly to the book's content/story and NOT to the performance of the narrator.

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More!

Love it.

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    4 out of 5 stars

i loved this

I couldn't get enough of this story. I read the first book but occasionally got bogged down in the details. I preferred the audio version and can wait for the next book to come out in Sept. Fingers crossed. I will continue the series with audio.

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  • Overall
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amazing

Amazing! The reader was wonderful. I loved the plot.
It was even better than Eragon. I can't wait for the third book in the Inheritance Trilogy.

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Great book

Really entertaining brain candy.

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