After his village is ruined by a flood, Yorsh, the world's last elf, reads writing on ancient ruins and realizes that in order to stop the torrential rains, he must find the only remaining dragon.
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
A boy with a face so sad that nobody wants to look at him runs away with a caravan of giants to the city of dragons, where his sorrowful face is finally appreciated.
Adara, born during the worst freeze that anyone could remember, is not afraid of the Ice Dragon that terrorizes her village and draws on its power to protect her family from the fiery dragons that threaten her home.
Lief, Barda, and Jasmine have successfully destroyed three of the Four Sisters, evil Shadow Lord creations that are poisoning their land. Now they must head to the city of Del where Sister of the South lies hidden.