The Inheritance Series Review

• Eragon: A young man named Eragon finds a peculiar stone in the woods near his small country home. He takes the stone hoping to bring in some extra money for his family. But it turns out that the stone is actually an egg that hatches days after Eragon brings it home. A dragon named Saphira lived in the egg for hundreds of years waiting for the perfect rider which turns out to be Eragon. Eragon keeps Saphira a secret but then Eragon's uncle is killed by creatures sent to find Saphira. Eragon sets out on a journey with Brom, the village storykeeper, who somehow knows all about dragons and their riders. He tells Eragon about a time when their world was ruled in peace by the Dragon Riders until one rider, Galbatorix, went bad and made himself king. All of the dragons were killed except for the king's. Three eggs remained, including Saphira, which the king was going to hatch to bring on a whole new set of Dragon Riders. Eragon must travel to one of the few places he is safe so that he can get proper training to face Galbatorix and kill him once and for all.
  
• Eldest: The second installment starts out with loss and despair. Eragon must travel with the elf, Arya,to the elven city, Ellesmera, to complete his training. Eragon sees this journey as being hopeless due to the fact that the shade, Durza, crippled him with a huge scar on his back. But when the reach Ellesmera, Eragon discovers something that he never thought possible. Once his training is almost complete, Eragon has to travel to Aberon where the great battle had begun. Eragon is the Varden's secret weapon to kill Galbatorix's soldiers but discover that another dragon has hatched and is on the king's side. And you will never believe who its rider is... But meanwhile, Eragon's cousin Roran is facing hardships of his own back home.
  
• Brisingr: This book starts off with Eragon fulfilling his promise to Roran to rescue Katrina, Roran's wife-to-be. After they have saved her, Eragon sets off to kill the last of the Ra'zac and the Lethrblaka, the king's evil servents. He then makes his way back to the Varden on feet seeing as Saphira went with Roran and Katrina. He later meets up with Arya who was looking for him. They make it back to the Varden and lay low there for a little while. Eragon then sets off to Farthen Dur, land of the dwarves. He helps Orik become king and then sets off to Ellesmera to get a proper Dragon Rider sword. he gets one under peculiar circumstances and then sets off to go back to the Varden yet again. They take with them, some new discoveries. They come back to find that another battle has begun and then some losses take place. Eragon and Saphira are now truly alone.
  

This series continues and concludes in Book Four of the Inheritance series which has yet to be released.