The Rithmatist is a high fantasy that is set in the 20th
Century with the idea of wild chalkings as baddies. These chalkings are of mysterious origin and
the only way to fight them is to have those that are chosen to create their own
chalklings to fight back. These are the
Rithmatists and they are the soldiers.
They are held to a higher standard and given a stipend, but the unchosen
question whether they are actually needed.
Like any good high fantasy, this is reflective of real life. The Rithmatists are seen as on par with
nobility even though they are not born to it.
It is similar to when the nobility were first being made as such. They were the chosen ones to be held above
others and yet to be taken for granted once the system started to fail them
all.
The main character, Joel, is a fascinating young man. He is not one of the chosen, but he takes
what they do very seriously and is absolutely fascinated by it. The Rithmatist students are very much a
separated and pompous group, but a lot more is expected of them. Joel is a genius in his own right and just
trying to find out more about the history of the Rithmatists, so that he can
become a sort of scholar on them. The
plot starts to unfold from there. In his
search for knowledge, he is instrumental in an ongoing investigation of missing
Rithmatist students. Joel started as
someone simply seeking knowledge and ends as someone actually using his
knowledge for good. Suddenly, this book
becomes something monumental and not to be contained within one book, but that
of a series.
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