The Warrior Heir: By Cinda Williams Chima 

Pages: 420

                    Did you ever want to read about two people with inherited fighting skills and magic weapons fight to the death? then this is the book for you!

Antagonists 

                    The Red Rose  - one of the two wizard run factions, that make warriors fight against their enemy the White Rose.

                    The White Rose - one of the two wizard run factions, that make warriors fight against their enemy the Red Rose.

                     Lessha Middleton- (W) Jacks Ex Girlfriend

                     Jessamine Longbranch-(W)Jacks Heart Surgeon, Procurer of warriors for the White Rose

                     Geoffrey Wile - Trainer of Jacks Opponent, Procurer of warriors for the Red Rose

Protagonists            

                    Main Character: Jack Swift - (W/W) A pretty average kid in Trinity, Ohio has to take medicine for heart problems (which actually masked his warrior powers), and a  fire sword ! 

                    Linda Downey- (E) Jacks Aunt, Closest Relative of the weir

                    Becka Downey- (A) Jacks Mother  

                    Harmon Fitch -(A) Jack and Will's Best friend, Has a large family

                    Will Childers- (A) Jack and Harmon's Best Friend, on the soccer team with them

                    Leander Hastings- (W) Jacks Trainer for the Tournament, Assistant principal and helps coach the soccer team.

                    The Downey Neighbors (Various Guilds) Jacks neighbors for his whole life, Gives him important magical tools

                    Nicodemus Snowbeard-(W) The handyman of the Downy home, Wizardry teacher

                  Life for Jack is pretty boring until one day, he forgets to take his heart medicine. He soon finds out that he is a Warrior (hence the W), a guild of People with born fighting skills. Warriors are taken by Wizards to fight To the death in tournaments as a way for wizards to fight without doing the killing each other, and to get more power against other the other faction.

                    To Protect him, Jack's Aunt Linda (E) Takes him to A small town in Ohio to find a family heirloom-his Great aunt Suzanna's (W) Sword shadowslayer that was buried with her. After that, Linda Leaves him to Train with Leander (W) Hastings to properly Protect himself from the roses. After months of training with Hastings and the spirits of dead Warriors from the past. After a sad attempt at masking his powers, Jacks old girlfriend Lessha Middleton, a wizard in disguise, tries to capture him and sell him to the highest bidder among the two roses.

                      After that, Hastings decides to do away with the Ancient Tournament rules by having jack win and Hastings' Guild (the Silver Dragon) become the rulers to get rid of the whole process that killed many Warriors, Though he has hidden motivation. 

                    I would tell you more, but it may spoil the book for you.  I may have left a lot out, so you should definitely read the Book to find out the whole story. I would most definitely recommend this book for the following reasons:

1. Interesting Plot (I left out HUGE chunks for you guys to find out yourself:3)

      2. Artistic licence- The Author Could have gone the usual way books of this type go, but chose to put layers and layers of intrigue!

      3. Story Typing- Throughout the beginning of the book,there are certain parts that clue you in to what will happen next, but don't ruin it by naming exactly what will happen, leaving it all up to your Imagination!

       4.Characters- The way events in the story unfold really changes everything about every character, whether a small change you might not visualize, or a major change that flips the world of the story upside down!

                    I have many more reasons, but you should find your own! READ THIS BOOK!