Hyperion – April 1, 2007
Jack enjoys his normal life in Trinity, Ohio. He spends time with his best friends, goes to school, and is extremely excited about soccer tryouts. Jack is very healthy, despite the thick scar that resides above his heart and the medicine he has to take everyday. Life is ordinary – until he forgets to take his medicine.
Soccer tryouts are a breeze. Jack has never felt so alive and when his nemesis, Lobeck, gets in his way, Jack slams him into the goal – without touching him. Jack doesn’t realize he is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people, and when he sent Lobeck flying into the soccer net, the magic he released acted as a signal to others around him.
Jack, destined to be a wizard, but born without his stone, was saved by a leader of the White Rose. The moment Jack’s life was saved, his destiny changed. Now, with a warrior stone behind his heart, he is meant to fight for the White Rose in a magical tournament – if he survives until his magic fully manifests.
Jack is one of the last warriors and both the Red and the White houses want him to fight for them. Whichever house wins the fight-to-the-death tournament has the power to control the magical community.
In a world full of wizards, warriors, seers, sorcerers, and enchanters, Jack doesn’t know who to trust. Nothing around him is as it seemed.
THE WARRIOR HEIR is the first in a trilogy by Cinda Williams Chima. The story contains many lovable characters, including Jack’s two Anaweir (non-magical) best friends. Even though Fitch and Will don’t have magical powers, they find a way to be instrumental in Jack’s struggle for survival.
THE WARRIOR HEIR is a delightful fantasy. You’ll definitely want to read the next two in the series, THE WIZARD HEIR and THE DRAGON HEIR.
I read Warrior Heir last winter and really enjoyed the read. I posted my review about this book. http://ibeeeg.blogspot.com/2009/04/warrior-heir-by-cinda-williams-chima.html
I agree with you, The Warrior Heir is a delightful fantasy.
I am interested to find out which book in the series is your favorite.
I just picked this up right before Readathon — I grabbed it on impulse, and I had never heard of it or the author before. Glad to see I bought a good one.
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[...] own. THE WIZARD HEIR brings back characters readers grew to love in the first book of this trilogy, THE WARRIOR HEIR. We see Jack Swift, Ellen Stephenson, Linda Downey and Leander Hastings – all important [...]
i love this book so far im on page 79 anybody tell me what happends i think leesha is falling for jack again. and why would aunt linda let jack and his friends in a bar really. i hope sombody protects them while there in the alley.
somebody help jack and his friends the book is good if i had to rate the book 1 to 5 i would give it a 5. it is a very interesting book. cinda changes the setting alot. in the prolouge leesha falls for jack again at the soccer fieldd. then there at school. also there in the cellar of the house. then there in the house of jacks. i love how she just sucks me right into the book. i love the part where there house had caught on fire and everybodyb dies except for mom jack and jacks sister. it was sad but a very interesting proulouge sorry cant spell prolouge.
wow amazing book go cinda williams chaima
i think it was better than twilight. it was thrilling with a thin twist of romance and heart.