Eragon: The Illustrated Edition

Eragon: The Illustrated Edition (The Inheritance Cycle Book 1) Kindle Edition by Christopher Paolini (Author), Sidharth Chaturvedi (Illustrator) Return to the World of Eragon with master storyteller Christopher Paolini in this stunning illustrated edition packed with full-color paintings! Celebrate 20 years of the worldwide fantasy phenomenon Eragon, the first book in the Inheritance Cycle, which has sold more than 40 million copies across the series! Prepare for the flight of a lifetime with Eragon as you’ve never seen him before in this dazzling edition with brand-new full-color illustrations throughout. This is the perfect must-have gift for both new and longtime Inheritance fans. Soar high above the ground with Eragon on Saphira’s majestic back. Experience narrow escapes from the gruesome Ra’zac. See the wonders of the dwarves’ city-mountain, Tronjheim. Rich detail and painterly strokes make each piece by accomplished fantasy artist Sidharth Chaturvedi feel as if it’s actually moving. Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire. In this extraordinary work of art, Paolini’s fantasy masterpiece Eragon is brought to life in an entirely new way through SidharthChaturvedi’s brilliant illustrations that accompany the complete original text. This is the ideal book to return to the World of Eragon. Experience the thrill and exhilaration of becoming a Dragon Rider all over again! Editorial Reviews About the Author CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI. Author of the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance). Creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. Holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. Qualified for marksman in the Australian army. Scottish laird. Dodged gunfire . . . more than once. As a child was chased by a moose in Alaska. Has his name inscribed on Mars. Firstborn of Kenneth and Talita. Husband. Father. Asker of questions and teller of stories. SIDHARTH CHATURVEDI is a painter who spent most of his life bouncing between San Francisco and New Delhi, finally settling somewhat in between them in Munich, where he works as an assistant art director at Deep Silver. He also creates art for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, all while painting his own fine art in oils and ink. Chaturvedi holds an MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. --This text refers to the library edition. Product details ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BWM73WSM Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Books for Young Readers (November 7, 2023) Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2023 Language ‏ : ‎ English File size ‏ : ‎ 92036 KB Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe Print length ‏ : ‎ 367 pages Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0593704479 _____________________________________________ this is a borzoi book published by alfred a. knopf This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Text copyright © 2002, 2003 by Christopher Paolini Map art copyright © 2003, 2023 by Christopher Paolini Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2023 by Sidharth Chaturvedi All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in paperback in different form in the United States by Paolini International LLC in 2002, and subsequently published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2003. Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. Visit us on the Web! GetUnderlined.com Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at RHTeachersLibrarians.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. ISBN 9780593704462 (trade) — ISBN 9780593704479 (lib. bdg.) — ISBN 9780593704486 (ebook) The illustrations were created using oil paint and ink, along with digital coloring and finishing touches. 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