Eldest

Eldest is the second book of a four book series called Inheritance. The main character is called Eragon. In the first book Eragon finds a dragon egg which hatches and he becomes a dragon rider. The enemy in this book is the evil Galbatorix. Galbatorix destroyed the riders and announced himself king of Alagaesia. In book two of Inheritance Eragon must continue his training so he can defeat Galbatorix.

Eldest hurtles through a series of events to keep the reader interested. With each chapter, it may or may not change perspective between Eragon and Roran, providing a more wide-spread view of what is going on in this strange world. A lot of things happen in Eldest, and I think I may prefer Eragon, but a basic rundown of what happens is that...

Murtagh is kidnapped, Ajihad killed, Eragon goes to a dwarf city and accidentally makes a blood fued with another clan because he is now a part of Hrothgar's clan, Eragon goes to the elves, Eragon meets another rider who happens to be an elf, Eragon gets trained, blah blah blah, Murtagh reappears as having been put under Galbatorix's control, while also hatching himself a dragon, who appears on the front cover of the novel. Eragon and Murtagh face off and they also find out they are brothers. Murtagh ends up going and thats about all, besides from the fact that meanwhile, Roran has led the entire village of Carvahall away from the Ra-Zak into the outskirts of the town, Teirm. There they meet an old aquaintance of Eragon, snag themselves a boat and ride themselves straight into the middle of Eragon's war.

I listened to Eldest on audiobook, and wasn't all that engaged, but overall it was good and gripping and still seems to remind me of the Lord of the Rings. Christopher Paolini is a talented author with a great skill for gripping plots. A thorugh page-turner that will keep fans of Eragon proud, Eldest is a fantasy lover's... fantasy.