A deluxe edition of Eldest was released on September 26, 2006, including new information and art by both the illustrator and the author. Like Eragon, Eldest became a New York Times bestseller. Eldest has been released in an audiobook format, and as an ebook. It was first published in hardcover on August 23, 2005, and was released in paperback in September 2006. Ages 12-up.Eldest is the second novel in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and the sequel to Eragon. An auspicious beginning to both career and series. The likeness does not end there: the volume opens with a detailed map of Paolini's world, and ends with a glossary and pronunciation guide for his invented language. But his use of language dispenses with the floral, pastoral touch in favor of more direct prose. He carries a substantial Tolkien influence fanciful spellings of geographical names, the use of landscape as character, as well as the scale and structure of the story itself.
Paolini, who was 15 years old himself when he began this book, takes the near-archetypes of fantasy fiction and makes them fresh and enjoyable, chiefly through a crisp narrative and a likable hero. As a result, he becomes the focal point in a war between Galbatorix's forces and the resistance efforts of the Varden. The scope quickly expands: Eragon turns out to be the first of a new generation of Riders, a lodge of legendary dragon-riding warriors killed by the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon narrowly escapes doom with Saphira's help, but the uncle who raised him is killed, setting up a robust revenge/adventure tale.
Eragon quickly develops a psychic connection with the female dragon that emerges, whom he names Saphira ("His emotions were completely open to her mind, and she understood him better than anyone else"). It is a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. In the first volume in Paolini's planned Inheritance trilogy, 15-year-old Eragon discovers an odd blue gemstone while exploring an infamous stretch of forest.
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