Lust For Adventure???

Mankind has an instinctual yearning for adventure and discovering the unknown. I myself have enjoyed daydreaming about imaginary lands and fantastic, heroic conquests, usually ending with the defeat of my rival and the rescuing of a beautiful damsel. Anyways, the idea of a personally customized adventure is just plain out thrilling. The enchanting novel, Eragon, by Christopher Paolini is an amazing thrill ride through a majestic world filled with dragons, sorcerers, and plethora of other magical beings. This novel is the closest thing to anyone’s daydream.

Eragon is a young teenage boy constantly yearning for adventure. His constant hunger for irrational play and dangerous ventures is a regular annoyance to his cousin, Roran, and his uncle, Garrow. Eragon has lived with his uncle and cousin ever since his mother left him on his uncle’s doorstep many moons ago. Eragon is the only villager from his small valley town that dare venture into the Spine, a dangerous mountain range full of unknown terrors. This mountain range is the opening set for the novel. Eragon happens upon a large azure “stone”. Thinking nothing of the strange rock, Eragon takes it to town and tries to pawn it of to the local butcher, but to no avail. Later on that night, Eragon wakes to see the stone quivering and cracking. This “stone” turns out to be an egg, but not just any ordinary egg – a dragon egg. A small dragon clumsily emerges from the shell and greets Eragon with a squeak. As the novel progresses, Eragon helps the dragon grow and mature, while trying to hide it at the same time. This turns out to be tricky. Eventually, the dragon begins to talk to Eragon through telepathy. The dragon needs a name. Eragon eventually names the dragon Saphira begins to grow too large to be hidden easily. She begins to hunt alone and get into mischief.
One evening, two cloaked figures come into town. The two shaded characters ask around about Eragon and dragons. These two people turn out to be the Ra’zac, prestigious dragon hunters who loyally serve the malevolent king Galbatorix. Eragon returns home one evening to find his home burnt to ground and his uncle bleeding profusely and one the verge of death. Distraught, Eragon tries to follow his uncle’s murderers, the Ra’zac. But, on his way out of town, the local storyteller, Brom, confronts Eragon. Brom reveals that he knew all about Saphira. Brom tells Eragon that he will help him in his journey and train him in the arts of swordplay, magic, and dragon lore. Brom and Eragon form a father-son like bond throughout the story. Eragon burgeons into a fantastic fighter and mature young man. Eventually, Eragon confronts his enemies, but fails to kill them. Instead, the Ra’zac kill Brom. Eragon becomes totally engulfed in sorrow and fury. Saphira and Eragon are bent upon avenging Brom’s death and venture to the Beor Mountains to find the rebel group known as the Varden. The Varden is the last group that openly apposes the evil Galbatorix, and moves to overthrow him.
Along the way, Eragon becomes friends with a mysterious, runaway named Muraugh, saves an elf from capture, and crosses a vast desert. During the adventure, Eragon and Saphira mature and become one with each other. Eventually, Eragon makes it to the Varden and fights a great battle to defend the Varden’s stronghold. In the end, Eragon kills the evil sorcerer, Durza, and wins a great battle against the rogue Urgal clan.

Eragon is an excellent novel, which definitely should be read by anyone who can get his or her hands on it. The novel is full of diehard adventures, overwhelming emotion, and the constant looming presence of the unknown. Eragon encounters countless obstacles, which he overcome through sheer wit and sometimes even luck. This novel is perfect for anyone who has a colorful and unlimited imagination that can soar to heights past oblivion. Eragon is an amazing conquest in which an immature boy transforming into a powerful, inspiring young man, that leads his own path into destiny. Almost anyone can familiarize themselves with this young mans journey through fury, sorrow, and revenge.