More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as chalkings. they are humanity's only defense against wild chalkings- merciless creatures that leave mangled corpses in their wake.

As the son of a lowly chalkmaker at Armedius Academy, Joel can only watch as students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing- kidnapped from their rooms at night. Assigned to help the professor investigating their crimes, Joel and his friend Melody find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery that will change Rithmatics- and their world- forever.
Hard cover.