Inheritance Series

The Inheritance Trilogy, by Christopher Poalini, is probably one of my favorite book series. It's exciting, imaginative, extremely detailed, and all around a good book. It takes place in the country of Alegasia, a land where Dwarves, Elves, Humans, Urgals (almost like Orcs with horns), and a wide variety of creatures live. It tells the story of Eragon, a teenage farm boy living in the town of Carvahall. He lives with his uncle Garrow, on a modest little farm. But one day, Eragon finds a dragon egg, and it hatches a sapphire colored dragon. Eragon is suddenly thrust into an adventure he never even dremt about, brcoming a Dragon Rider and going on a quest to overthrow the evil king, Galbatorix.

In Eldest, Eragon goes to the land of Elesmera, home to the elves. This book is full of surprises. Way more than in the last book. Eragon grows rapidly and faces new challanges. And the end holds a surprise that can change all of Alagasia forever. Even the story of Roran is in this book. Saying anymore would be a spoiler. I haven't read Brisingr yet, but I will soon.

The books have an extremely interesting plot. The characters are also interesting. The cast includes Brom, a story teller from Carvahall who seems to know a lot about the Dragon Riders and Magic, Angela, a rather odd herbalist, Galbatorix, a mad king, and many many more characters.

The books contains many languages, I have no idea how Poalini remembered them while writing. There's the Dwarf language, the Ancient language, the Urgal language, and English. There's a huge variety of personalities and cultures in this book as well.