Not of dungeons but of dragons

Ever since I have heard of this new book hitting the bestsellers list written by a new and very young author in 2003 I wanted to read it, but then other books got in the way and I have never dared to pick it up from the book shop. Come 2005 and after the July hoopla of the 6th Harry Potter book, the sequel of this book came out, still I just looked at the cover and never had the courage to bring the first and second book to the counter. Last quarter of the 2006 came and the movie adaptation of the first book was released, I'm not sure why I still wasn't enticed, I still didn't buy the book and didn't watched the movie.

After months and months of not reading any fictional book at all, I finally felt this hunger to read. The hunger to read about stories that will take me away to such a foreign place where things happen that would seem impossible in the real world; I'm in dire need of escape. So finally, I picked up the book Eragon; immersed myself into it and loved it. After finishing the first one, I got the second Eldest and even fell in love with the story more. The Inheritance Trilogy, a three-part story where these two books are part of, is written by Christopher Paolini. The third book has not come out yet, neither its supposed to be title was ever announced or the publishing date, and so I wait.

This is a story of the second rise of dragon riders in a fantasy land very reminiscent of Middle-Earth of The Lord of the Rings, where elves and dwarves live together with humans, of vile creatures such as Urgals (more like orcs but more intelligent), of Ra'zac mounted on a winged creature terrorizing the land (similar to Ringwraiths but not quite), and with a feared mad-man Galbatorix (may not be as comparable to Sauron, but close to). The Inheritance Trilogy is not as complicated as The Lord of the Rings and some of the parts are very much like Star Wars, but still it is an engaging story to read, considering that this was first conceptualized by a young boy still in his teens.

Now that the DVD is coming out, maybe I should get myself a copy, but I wouldn't keep my hopes up as book fans didn't like the movie adaptation.