Excerpt from Eragon by Christopher Paolini, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: Eragon
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 9780375826689

Eragon

Inheritance, Book I

by Christopher Paolini

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First Published:
Aug 1, 2003, 528 pages

Paperback:
Apr 2005, 500 pages

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He quenched the fires in his path but left the rest to burn.

Excerpted from Eragon by Christopher Paolini Copyright© 2003 by Christopher Paolini. Excerpted by permission of Knopf Books for Young Readers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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