Eldest

This is the second book in the Eragon series. This book is even more complicated than the last one and it took me a long time to finish reading it. This book is also written by Christopher Paolini and it is as good as the last one. Eragon had defeated the Shade but some Urgals survived and killed Ajihad. The Varden was then left without a king and Nasuada, the princess had to take over of course. This book gets very confusing as sometimes it is told by Eragon or by Roran(Eragon's cousin) or Nasuada. When Eragon is telling the story, he is talking about the training he underwent with the elves and how Saphira had similar training. When Roran was telling the story, he was trying to help the villagers and trying to send them somewhere safe so that the Empire would not be able to catch them and make them slaves. When Nasuada was telling the story she is trying to solve all the problems and how she thinks that there is going to be a war soon between the Varden and the Empire. She is right of course but a lot of things have happened between the point she sent Eragon to undergo training and the point when war is declared. Eragon is much stronger and so is Saphira but there is a new Rider in the midst and although he is a younger Rider, he has more power and he learned from the king. In this book, Eragon finds out about his history. Who his father was, what reputation he had and who his brother was. This book explains a lot of questions in the first book and is sort of like an answer. It is still difficult to understand and is confusing as it jumps from one narrator to the next. It is still a good book and though and I still recommend it. Still does not beat twilight though...