The Cavalier

Action packed thrilling story with detailed combat description. A fantastic coming of age story for teens and young adults .good for percy jackson fans

The opening scene of this book grabs your attention right away. The ambience of evil permeating the prologue piqued my interest, and McWhirter's amazing ability to create a vivid setting continues throughout the book. I am not an avid reader of fantasy, but I found this story to be highly enjoyable with characters and themes that extend beyond the confines of the genre. In Jonas, the author has created a believable character whose strength and goodness are developed convincingly throughout the story. Supporting characters are also intriguing and likable, particularly the craggy, legendary warrior Kiln. Relationships between the characters are realistic and affecting. The story moves at a steady pace with episodes of intense action - sometimes quite violent - erupting periodically. The most prominent aspect of McWhirter's writing talent is in his description. This author has the rare ability to paint a rich mental picture, transporting the reader to the imaginary world of Kraawn through words alone. As I read, I was struck by how easily I imagined each battle, each journey, and each conversation. The Cavalier represents an excellent debut from Jason McWhirter. Shocking revelations near the end of the story promise an equally engaging and enjoyable read in the forthcoming second book of this trilogy. I look forward to reading more from this promising new author!

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one of the best books ive read

I'm about half way through The Cavalier, the first book in this trilogy by Jason L McWhirter, and am really enjoying it so far. The characters are easy to get to know and there's bucket loads of action and monsters. Its a fairly standard story of a boy who is destined for greatness and so any reader of fantasy will already kind of know what to expect as the story progresses but that doesn't stop it being a lot of fun to read. My only negative (hence the 4* review) is that the writing can be a bit simplistic at times. Lots of characters appear to be the 'best' swordsman/woman with 'unmatched' skills, so who really is the 'best'? Also Jonas' path seems to be a bit too mapped out to me which takes a little bit of the suspense out of the book. But these are minor points really, I'm having a great time reading it and I hope you do too.

Heroic fantasy at its best....McWhirter delivers! First off, let me first say that if your looking for a book where the author takes fifty pages to describe scenery or political intrigue, then this book is not for you. But on the other hand, if you want fast paced, action packed scenes, where description and dialoge move the story along at an effortless pace without bogging you down, then this book is for you. As the other reviews said, this is the classic good vs. evil, heroic fantasy, which I have always loved, so I may be a bit biased. I love David Gemmell, Jim Butcher, Terry Brooks, and others who do so well at creating that epic adventure story. McWhirter doesn't dissapoint. Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing McWhriter to Terry Brooks or Gemmell....he still has a way to go before his style is as sharp and polished as those accomplished writers. But if this author stays with his craft then I think we will see some wonderful works come from him. I cannot believe that this is his first book ever written and I am so looking forward to reading many more from him in the future. The characters were well formed and I felt like I grew along side them as the story progressed and events molded and changed them. I think the author could have spent more time on some characters but then again this is only book one of the trilogy, perhaps that will be done in book two and three. I thought the author created some things that were pretty unique. I liked his magic system and I really liked what he did with "The Cavalier" idea. These warriors were very Paladin-like, but with some unique ideas that I had not seen before. I liked the Cognivant idea, the God Marks, etc. I thought the evil minions were so well fleshed out that there were times where I was literally scared....like the Greever, or a Banthra, was going to climb out of my closest at any moment. I've always believed that if I can visualize what the author is creating, then the author is doing a good job. I read this book in two days. It was fun, fast, and I found I really did care about what happened to the characters, which again is a sign that the author is doing his job. If you like a good adventure story, filled with action and gripping fight scenes, where heroes from all walks of life must pit courage and skill against the most evil creatures you could imagine, then this book is for you!