What is Eragon?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox book| | name = Eragon | author = [[Christopher Paolini]] |image = Christopher Paolini, Eragon 1.jpg | illustrator = [[John Jude Palencar]] | cover_artist = [[John Jude Palencar]] | country = United States | language = English | series = [[Inheritance Cycle]] | genre = [[Young adult fiction|Young adult]]<br />[[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]]<br />[[Utopian and dystopian fiction|Dystopian]]<br />[[Bildungsroman]] | publisher = [[Paolini LLC]] (first edition), [[Alfred A. Knopf]] | release_date = 2002 (first edition), August 26, 2003 (Knopf) | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) and [[Compact disc|audio-CD]] | pages = 509 (Knopf) <br /> 544 (Paolini LLC) | isbn = 0-375-82668-8 | isbn_note = (First Knopf edition) {{ISBN|0-9666213-3-6}} (Paolini LLC) | dewey = [Fic] 21 | congress = PZ7.P19535 Er 2003 | oclc = 52251450 | followed_by = [[Eldest]] | notes = Copies sold: 24.55 million }} '''''Eragon''''' is a [[book]] written by [[Christopher Paolini]]. It was published in [[August]] [[2003]]. Eragon is the first book in the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]''. The second book in the Inheritance Cycle, called ''[[Eldest]]'', was published in mid-2005. The third of the four books, [[Brisingr]], was released in 2008. ''Eragon'' was made into [[Eragon (movie)|a movie]] and released in [[cinema]]s on [[December]] [[2006]]. It was released on [[DVD]] in [[March]] [[2007]]. == The Story == A long time ago, the Dragon Riders kept peace in the world between the humans, dragons, elves, and dwarves. They were humans or elves bonded to dragons. However, the dragon of a human Rider named Galbatorix was killed by the Urgals (a species that fights a lot). Galbatorix became [[insane]] because of this. The Riders would not give him another dragon, so he decided to destroy them. He stole a black baby dragon and forced it to bond with him with evil magic. Then he and other traitors fought with the Riders. Finally, they killed them all and Galbatorix became king of the humans. The book ''Eragon'' begins 100 years after th