Eragon Book One In The Inheritance Cycle

Literary Awards - Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2004), Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (2007), South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book (2006), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (2006), Nene Award (2006), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2005), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8 (2005), Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2005), Beehive Book Award for Young Adult Book (2005), Evergreen Teen Book Award (2006), Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2006), Soaring Eagle Book Award (2005), Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Intermediate (2006), Iowa Teen Award (2008), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2006), Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Kinderbuch (2005), Virginia Reader's Choice for Middle (2005), Gateway Readers Award for Young Adult (2006), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for YA (2006), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2006).

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. 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 he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.