Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, was released as a book a couple of years ago (2004). It tells the story of a young boy (Eragon) who finds a strange blue stone in a treacherous and dangerous mountain range known as The Spine. He brings it back home only to have find out that it is in fact a dragon egg. And there his problems begin.
The movie adaptation of this book, the first in this Inheritance Trilogy is set for release December 15th of this year - the trailer for which is now available online.
This film promises to be a must-see for all dragon-lovers.
The book review from Amazon.com:
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.