Eragon (slice)

This week I read "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini. It is about a 18 year old boy living in a medieval type world. His life is fairly normal, filled with hunting for skins and farming. However, when on a hunting trip, he finds a strange stone, changing his life forever. He is plunged into a hidden world in which dragons are not just a myth, but a friend, and where the empire will do just about anything to get there hands on the strange stone. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy books.