It is a dragon egg, fated to hatch in his care. Eragon quickly develops a psychic... The much-anticipated third book in Paolini's Inheritance Cycle continues to rely heavily on classic fantasy tropes.

I've perused a surprising number of books about dragons in my time, but Eragon was one of the most impactful because I was just a kid when I first read it. The Inheritance Cycle was one of my ...