This is the first in a trilogy.  A young boy, Eragon, finds what he believes to be a stone while hunting in the woods.  He soon finds out that it is a dragon and he is the first of the new dragon riders, born to save the country from a cruel and powerful ruler, the last of the original dragon riders.

I do not want to give away too much of the plot.  But I will say that this book follows Eragon as he bonds with his dragon, leaves home, and travels to a new place so that he can join in the fight against the King.  Along the way he gains knowledge, experience, friends, and enemies.  He encounters...