Eragon; Inheritance; Book One by Christopher Paolini - 2003

New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, 2003 Alfred A Knopf, Publisher, New York. 2003. Hardcover. BOMC with Number 1 in Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small splash stain on text block fore edge. DJ: Very Good; light rubbing and superficial scratches. Gray boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Banded head and tail. 509 pp 8vo. The book tells the story of a farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. Not knowing the stone's origin or worth, he attempts to use it as payment to a butcher. A dragon he later names Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When the evil King Galbatorix finds out the general location of the egg he sends the Ra'zac to acquire it. By that time Saphira had been growing for a while and takes Eragon to the Spine after Ra'zac appear in their village, Carvahall. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, with a storyteller called Brom (who is later revealed to be an old member of an extinct group called the Riders), and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want the downfall of Galbatorix. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.