![]() You can read the prologue and the first five chapters here. Can he find the killer before the killer realizes just what a threat Joel really is? Since he's not a Rithmatist, Joel seems to be safe-but others are dying. When Rithmatic students from Joel's school start disappearing, he is keen to investigate. Joel, named for the author's eldest son for whom the book is also dedicated, is fascinated by the art of Rithmatics-with its lines of power and ability to bring chalk drawings to life-but only a few have the gift and he is not one of them. He gets free tuition, as his mother and late father both worked for, or in association with, the school. The story follows Joel, a 16-year-old student of an academy-in a seriously Clock Punk Alternate Universe America-that teaches this world's own brand of magic (Rithmatics), though he can't do it himself. It features a magic system based on geometry and which uses chalk. ![]() ![]() A 2013 fantasy novel-the first of a series-by Brandon Sanderson, The Rithmatist is one of Sanderson's 'side projects', a non-Cosmere novel for young adults. ![]()
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