Joel, eager to know more about Rithmatics, helps a professor at Armedius Academy when students of the school start disappearing-kidnapped and presumed dead. He is not a Rithmatist, yet is interested in the study of Rithmatist power. The Rithmatist follows the story of Joel, a teenage boy who is enrolled at and lives on the campus of Armedius Academy. The story mainly takes place at Armedius Academy, one of 8 schools that trains and teaches Rithmatists, alongside non-Rithmatists with rich or important families. After graduating, a Rithmatist is expected to spend time in Nebrask actively using their gift and training to wage war, protecting the United American Isles from the threat of Wild Chalklings escaping The Tower. Rithmatists are humanity's primary defence against the mysterious Wild Chalklings. Lines may shield a user, attack an opponent or animate a creature known as a Chalkling which will do the Rithmatist's bidding. They use geometric patterns of chalk (Lines) to perform magic with physical effects. The world in which The Rithmatist is set is similar to the recent past of our own but with complex geared machinery, known as 'springwork', taking the role of technologies that would, in reality, usually be powered by electricity or steam.Īt 8 years old, children undergo a religious ceremony known as Inception, during which the child's fate is decided: fewer than 1 in 1000 are chosen to become Rithmatists. At least two books are planned in the series: The Rithmatist (2013) and a second volume, titled The Atzlanian, is planned.

The Rithmatist series is a young adult fantasy series written by American author Brandon Sanderson. Young adult fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson

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