This book is part of a book series called Inheritance .

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 492 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers .

Christopher Paolini was educated at home by his parents. His abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at fifteen. Now twenty-one, he lives with his family in Montana, USA.