The Inheritance Cycle is a young adult high-fantasy series set in a world filled with dragon-riding heroes, evil kings, and powerful magic. Murtagh is set one year after the events of the first four ...

These days, it feels like fantasy books about dragons and dragon riders are a dime a dozen. (See also: Rebecca Yarros’s massively successful Empyrean series, Samantha Shannon’s critically acclaimed ...

Two decades after Christopher Paolini self-published his debut book, Eragon, which launched The Inheritance Cycle, this year is unfolding as a blue-ribbon one for the author. On November 7, Knopf will ...

The Inheritance Cycle stars Eragon, a teenage boy who comes into possession of a dragon egg, one of the last in the world of Alagaësia. When the egg hatches, Eragon becomes a Dragon Rider bonded to ...

While exploring the forest, 15-year-old Eragon discovers an odd blue gemstone—a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. According to PW, "The author takes the near-archetypes of fantasy fiction and ...

When Christopher Paolini was mapping out his “Inheritance Cycle” book series, he never expected it to spawn legions of fans or even a film adaptation. He definitely didn’t think the four books would ...