Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia Author:Christopher Paolini Paolini’s humongously successful Inheritance Cycle gets a visual counterpart in this splendidly illustrated guide for the newly minted Dragon Rider (that’s you). The journey begins and ends with sealed letters from Eragon Shadeslayer himself. Crammed with detailed maps, insightful bestiaries, time lines, and legends, this might be pr... more »oblematic for some libraries who won't want to circulate an edition with delicate mini books and physical samples featured on nearly every spread. These textural asides include soft Feldunost fur, scratchy dragon wing, elven fabric, glittery star-sapphire dust, and a genuinely surprising gift at the book’s end. Obviously nonessential but nevertheless grandly conceived.« less