ERAGON (book 1)

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Eragon lives with his uncle Garrow and cousin Roran on a farm on the outskirts of a small village called Carvahall. While hunting in the Spine, a large range of untamed mountains, Eragon is surprised to see a polished blue stone appear in front of him. He then returns to Carvahall to try to sell it to Sloan the town's butcher, in exchange for enough meat to feed his family for the winter. Sloan wants nothing to do with the "stone" because Eragon mentions he found it in the Spine, where Sloan's wife lost her life. A few days later, Eragon witnesses a baby dragon hatch from the "stone" as Eragon referred to it, and realizes that it is actually a dragon egg. Eragon touches the dragon and it leaves a burn on his hand. The next day the mark has turned a strange silver. After a talk with the town's elderly storyteller, Brom, Eragon names the dragon Saphira. While Eragon raises his dragon Saphira in secret Roran makes a shocking decision, he decides that he will work in a mill in Therinsford. Roran states that he will come back with the money to buy a house and then ask Katrina her hand in marriage. Eragon continues to raise Saphira in secret until two of King Galbatorix's servants, the Ra'zac, come to Carvahall looking for the egg. Eragon and Saphira manage to escape by hiding deep in the Spine, but Garrow is fatally wounded and the house and farm are burned down. Once Garrow dies, Eragon is left with no reason to stay in Carvahall, so he goes after the Ra'zac, seeking vengeance for the destruction of his home and his uncle's death. He is accompanied by Brom, who insists on helping him and Saphira.
Eragon becomes a Dragon Rider through his bond with Saphira. On the journey, Eragon learns sword fighting, magic, and the Ancient Language, and the ways of the Dragon Riders from Brom. Their travels bring them to Teirm , from where they are able to track the Ra'zac to the southern city of Dras-Leona. Before leaving Teirm, however, Eragon has his fortune told by the witch Angela, who warns him of the many dangers he will face.
Once in Dras-Leona, they manage to infiltrate the city, but Eragon later encounters the Ra'zac in a cathedral in the city, and is forced to flee. Though Brom and Eragon manage to escape, their camp is ambushed later that night. Although a stranger, Murtagh, rescues them, Brom is gravely injured and dies shortly after — but not before finally revealing to Eragon that he was a Dragon Rider, and that his dragon was also named Saphira.
Murtagh becomes Eragon's new companion. They then travel to Gil'ead, a city where they should be able to find information on how to find the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix. While stopping near Gil'ead, Eragon is captured, drugged, and imprisoned in the same jail that holds a woman he has been receiving dreams about. When he breaks out of his cell, he discovers that she is an elf. Murtagh and Saphira stage a rescue and Eragon escapes with the unconscious elf. During the escape Eragon and Murtagh battle with a Shade - a sorcerer possessed by evil spirits - named Durza. Murtagh shoots Durza between the eyes with an arrow, and the Shade disappears in a cloud of mist.
After escaping, Eragon contacts the unconscious elf telepathically, and discovers that her name is Arya, She also tells them that she was poisoned while in captivity, and that only a potion in possession of the Varden can cure her. Arya is also able to give directions to the exact location of the Varden; a city called Tronjheim, which sits in the mountain, Farthen Dûr, hidden deep in the Beor Mountains. Eragon, Saphira, and Murtagh go in search of the Varden, both to save Arya's life, and to escape Galbatorix's wrath.
When they arrive in Farthen Dûr, Eragon is led to the leader of the Varden, Ajihad. In this meeting, he learns that Saphira's egg was under the care of Arya, until she was ambushed while transporting it. He is then told that the Shade Durza was not destroyed by Murtagh's well placed arrow, because the only way to kill a shade is with a stab through the heart. It is also revealed that Murtagh is the son of Morzan, the first and last of the Forsworn, the Dragon Riders who swore an oath of fealty to Galbatorix. Eragon also blesses a human child in the Ancient Language in Farthen Dur. Eragon is at last able to rest, although a new invasion is imminent: Galbatorix has discovered the location of the Varden, and plans to have his Urgal army destroy them. When the battle begins, the Varden and dwarves are pitted against an enormous army of Urgals. During the battle, Eragon faces Durza again, but fails in battle against him. Durza is about to capture Eragon when Saphira and Arya break Isidar Mithrim, the Star Sapphire, diverting the Shade's attention long enough for Eragon to stab him in the heart, after which, Eragon blacks out. After Durza's death, the Urgals are released from a spell which had been placed on them and begin to fight among themselves; the Varden take advantage of this opportunity, and the battle turns in their favor. During Eragon's unconsciousness, a stranger calling himself 'The Cripple Who is Whole' contacts him telepathically and informs him that he needs to further his training in Ellesméra, the elven capital city. He awakes to find Angela, the witch from Teirm, tending to him. He then realizes that he has a long, painful scar where Durza slashed his back. The story ends with Eragon promising the presence in his mind that he will find him and continue to train.