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Eragon: Table of Contents
Eragon
By Christopher Paolini
Prologue: Shade of Fear (How to Get Ambushed 101) [Three white horses with riders cantered toward the ambush, their heads held high and proud, their coats rippling in the moonlight like liquid silver.]
Prologue (Self-published edition)
Chapter 1: Discovery (The Plot Begins) [The stone was cool and frictionless under his fingers, like hardened silk.]
Chapter 1 (Self-published edition)
Chapter 2: Palancar Valley (Bully the Butcher) [If we can’t feed ourselves, we might as well move into town. Before you can turn around twice, they’ll be sending us used clothes and asking if we’ll be able to get through the winter.]
Chapter 2 Part I (Self-published edition)
Chapter 2 Part II (Self-published edition)
Chapter 3: Dragon Tales Part I (The Egg Is A Stone) [Chaos seems to rule Alagaësia.]
Chapter 3 Part I (Self-published edition)
Chapter 3: Dragon Tales Part II (Arguments and Propaganda) [We already explained that the Varden have no interest in helping you. [...] All they want to do is overthrow the king and take possession of our land.]
Chapter 3: Dragon Tales Part III (How Galbatorix Rose to Power: The "Official History" I) [Tragically, during the fight a stray arrow pierced his dragon’s heart. Without the arts to save her, she died in his arms.]
Chapter 3: Dragon Tales Part IV (How Galbatorix Rose to Power: The "Official History" II) [When his instruction was finished and Galbatorix’s black dragon, Shruikan, was fully grown, Galbatorix revealed himself to the world, with Morzan at his side.]
Chapter 3 Part II & Chapter 4 (Self-published edition)
Chapter 4: Fate’s Gift (It's a Dragon! (Duh)) [Standing in front of him, licking off the membrane that encased it, was a dragon.]
Chapter 5 Part I: Awakening (My Little Dragon) [The dragon was no longer than his forearm, yet it was dignified and noble.]
Chapter 5 (Self-published edition) [rowen]
Chapter 5 Part II: Awakening [For the first time he did not think of the dragon as an animal. It was something else, something . . . different.]
Chapter 6 (Self-published edition)
Chapter 6: Tea For Two: Part I [Dragons have no beginning, unless it lies with the creation of Alagaësia itself. And if they have an end, it will be when this world perishes, for they suffer as the land does.]
Chapter 7 (Self-published edition)
Chapter 6: Tea For Two: Part II [How the dragons were subjugated]
Chapter 6: Tea For Two: Part III [Talk, talk, talk...]
Chapter 7: A Name of Power [Saphira Gets Her Name]
Chapter 8: A Miller-to-Be [Nothing continues to happen.]
Chapter 9: Strangers in Carvahall: Part I [Something exciting is coming...]
Chapter 9: Strangers in Carvahall: Part II [...And here it is. For a given measure of excitement, anyway.]
Chapter 10: Flight of Destiny: Part I [When the plot needs someone to forget their goal for no reason, it cannot be very good.]
Chapter 10: Flight of Destiny: Part II [I could not care less about the content of this part. Also, Eragon is still awful.]
Chapter 11: The Doom of Innocence: Part I [After all, who can better cover a book about dragons than a dragon (of a sort)? It also seems the Ra'zac have been actually villainous!]
Chapter 11: The Doom of Innocence: Part II [TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK]
Chapter 12: Deathwatch: Part I [We take a break for some downtime. Also introduced here: my favourite Carvahallian.]
Chapter 12: Deathwatch: Part II [There is not much to say here. Oh well, at least it is not very bad.]
Chapter 12: Deathwatch: Part III [Can we begin with the plot already, please?]
Chapter 13: The Madness of Life [The inevitable death]
Chapter 14: A Rider's Blade: Part I [Saphira makes the plot take place]
Chapter 14: A Rider’s Blade: Part II [Are we certain Brom is not the villain? We have also finally left Carvahall!]
Chapter 14: A Rider’s Blade: Part III [(Insert some witticism here)]
Chapter 14: A Rider’s Blade: Part IV [More talk, this time with more bad fathership]
Chapter 15: Saddlemaking [A nice transitional chapter is probably enough to do the trick.]
Chapter 16: Therinsford: Part I [We're underway, and I've got some debunking to do!]
Chapter 16: Therinsford: Part II [This is the part of the book that sucks the most in the most ways.]
Chapter 16: Therinsford: Part III [There's not very much adventure in this yet...]
Chapter 16: Therinsford: Part IV [A last bit of tedium before the adventure actually begins.]
Chapter 17: Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle: Part I [This went considerably smoother with two of us. At least there's something to say beyond “this is boring”.]
Chapter 17: Thunder Roar and Lightning Crackle: Part II [The impossible storm.]
Chapter 18: Revelation At Yazuac: Part I [So edgy it cuts, including a dead baby for pathos.]
Chapter 18: Revelation At Yazuac: Part II [What is one to do when faced with a massacre? Kill even more, of course!]
Chapter 19: Admonishments: Part I [There is not that much to say here, but we still ramble on longer than the chapter itself.]
Chapter 19: Admonishments: Part II [Our first explanations of magic.]
Chapter 20: Magic Is the Simplest Thing: Part I [While the magic itself is quite simple, untangling what we learn is everything but.]
Chapter 20: Magic Is the Simplest Thing: Part II [Do you truly think you can catch the Ra'zac at three kilometres per day?]
Chapter 21: Daret: Part I [The reception is very silly, but the spokesman is one of the more distinctive characters of the book.]
Chapter 21: Daret: Part II [This is the beginning of “Saphira is exempt from wrongdoing”, unfortunately.]
Chapter 22: Through a Dragon’s Eye: Part I [Eragon & Saphira go flying (with some nasty mental tricks)!]
Chapter 22: Through a Dragon’s Eye: Part II [Time to go do something and go places (with lots of talk about acid).]
Chapter 23: A Song for The Road [This is one of the shortest chapters of the book, and one of the worst. If only Paolini would check his map and do some research...]
Chapter 24: A Taste of Teirm [A pity I cannot taste the saveur locale; I might just like it.]
Self-published edition: Overview of Chapters Twenty-Six to Twenty-Eight [This is quite a mess, but better next time, I suppose.]
Chapter 25: An Old Friend: Part I [Some introductions, nothing more, unfortunately.]
Chapter 25: An Old Friend: Part II [What do you call an auto-immune disease in a country? It seems the Empire is suffering from one.]
Chapter 25: An Old Friend: Part III [In which we have even more delays and abuse.]
Chapter 25: An Old Friend: Part IV [How can you expect to give Eragon good advice when you barely understand the situation, Brom?]
Chapter 26: The Witch and the Werecat: Part I [This book has a serious abuse problem.]
Chapter 26: The Witch and the Werecat: Part II [You can also spoil large chunks of what is to come, I suppose.]
Chapter 26: The Witch and the Werecat: Part III [Various odds and ends]
Chapter 27: Of Reading and Plots [Some setup so we can actually go look at the records.]
Chapter 28: Thieves in the Castle: Part I
Chapter 28: Thieves in the Castle: Part II
Chapter 29: A Costly Mistake: Part I
Chapter 29: A Costly Mistake: Part II
Chapter 29: A Costly Mistake: Part III
Chapter 30: Vision of Perfection
Chapter 31: Master of the Blade
Chapter 32: The Mire of Dras-Leona
Chapter 33: Trail of Oil
Chapter 34: Worshipers of Helgrind: Part I
Chapter 34: Worshipers of Helgrind: Part II
Chapter 35: The Ra’zac’s Revenge
Chapter 36: Murtagh
Chapter 37: Legacy of a Rider
Chapter 38: Diamond Tomb: Part I
Chapter 38: Diamond Tomb: Part II
Chapter 39: Capture at Gil’ead: Part I
Chapter 39: Capture at Gil’ead: Part II
Chapter 40: Du Sundavar Freohr: Part I
Chapter 40: Du Sundavar Freohr: Part II
Chapter 41: Fighting Shadows: Part I
Chapter 41: Fighting Shadows: Part II
Chapter 42: A Warrior and a Healer: Part I
Chapter 42: A Warrior and a Healer: Part II
Chapter 43: Water from Sand: Part I
Chapter 43: Water from Sand: Part II
Chapter 44: The Ramr River: Part I
Chapter 44: The Ramr River: Part II
Chapter 45: The Hadarac Desert
Chapter 46: A Path Revealed: Part I
Chapter 46: A Path Revealed: Part II
Chapter 47: A Clash of Wills: Part I
Chapter 47: A Clash of Wills: Part I
Chapter 48: Flight Through the Valley: Part I
Chapter 48: Flight Through the Valley: Part II
Chapter 48: Flight Through the Valley: Part III
Chapter 49: The Horns of a Dilemma: Part I
Chapter 49: The Horns of a Dilemma: Part II
Chapter 50: Hunting for Answers: Part I
Chapter 50: Hunting for Answers: Part II
Chapter 50: Hunting for Answers: Part III
Chapter 51: The Glory of Tronjheim: Part I
Chapter 51: The Glory of Tronjheim: Part II
Chapter 52: Ajihad: Part I
Chapter 52: Ajihad: Part II
Chapter 52: Ajihad: Part III
Chapter 52: Ajihad: Part IV
Chapter 53: Bless the Child, Argetlam: Part I
Chapter 53: Bless the Child, Argetlam: Part II
Chapter 53: Bless the Child, Argetlam: Part III
Chapter 54: Mandrake Root and Newt’s Tongue
Chapter 55: Hall of the Mountain King: Part I
Chapter 55: Hall of the Mountain King: Part II
Chapter 55: Hall of the Mountain King: Part III
Chapter 56: Arya’s Test: Part I
Chapter 56: Arya’s Test: Part II
Chapter 56: Arya’s Test: Part III
Chapter 57: The Shadows Lengthen: Part I
Chapter 57: The Shadows Lengthen: Part II
Chapter 58: Battle Under Farthen Dûr: Part I
Chapter 58: Battle Under Farthen Dûr: Part II
Chapter 58: Battle Under Farthen Dûr: Part III
Chapter 59: The Mourning Sage: Part I
Chapter 59: The Mourning Sage: Part II
Verdict
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