Review
From the book
jacket: Darkness falls…despair
abounds…evil reigns…Eragon and his
dragon, Saphira, have just saved the
rebel state from destruction by the
mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel
ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must
travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves,
for further training in the skills of
the Dragon Rider.
Comment: As you probably know,
home-schooled Paolini wrote the first
volume in his planned trilogy when he
was 15, having graduated from
high-school via correspondence course.
When it was finished the family had the
book printed and Paolini toured over 135
schools and libraries to promote it,
dressed in a...
Beyond the Book
Paolini says
that the top
three authors
who influenced
him were Anne
McCaffrey,
Ursula K. LeGuin
and Raymond
Feist (with
Feist's novel
Magician
making a
particularly
strong impact on
him). Read more
about Paolini at
BookBrowse.
