Summary Of "The Darkest Path"

Summary:

The book I just finished reading is about a 15 year old boy named Cal that was captured along side his brother, James, by a religious group called The Glorious Path. Six years in the past Cal and James were visiting their aunt and uncle when The Glorious Path released an attack on that state, killing anyone that fought back. When the brothers were captured they were given The Choice, join or die. Six years later Cal is told to requite a stray dog called Bear from the streets so that it can be converted into a fighting dog. When Cal meets her they become instant friends but when the dog couch arrives and threatens to kill both Cal and Bear, Cal shoots the trainer. Cal know has to flee to the north to save his own life, with challenges from The Glorious Path, which is set on concurring all of The United States. This book was so good. I usually drop books really quickly because I can predict what will happen next. Its like books are being made over and over again but with The Darkest Path I was in so much suspense. I would think Cal was going to do something and then he'd the exact opposite. Not that the choices he made didn't make sense, they actually made the story fit better. Leaving me thinking that if I was Cal, I would have gotten arrest or worse given The Choice.

Character Analysis:

The main characters is Cal. There was some more people in the story but they either died or they weren't included for a long time. Cal is from New York and has been trying to become a citizen in The Glorious Path to make his brother's (James) and his self's lives better even if it means staying with the Glorious Path. The camp leader tells Cal that if completes a bunch of missions with the soldiers that requite people into the camp he will grant Cal and his brother James citizenship. After having to get his arm broken with a bat, Cal gets back from the mission only to be told that because of James condition with asthma and Cal's ability to complete the mission they will not be getting citizenship but Cal will become a soldier and James a kitchen boy. Afterward Cal has to save his life and the dog he has now befriended. During throughout the story life hands Cal extremely bad luck and huge challenges while trying to show Cal that there is more to life then being alone. Cal needs to become stronger and stronger to get everyone in his life out of the grip of the Glorious Path even if it means confronting the very person the started the Glorious Path, Nathan Hill. Cal is like a hurt puppy. Like you know when you meet this really cute puppy but its scared to death and it will bite if you get to close well that was basically Cal in the beginning. Cal is a really strong person, when everything fell apart he was the one leading everyone and helping them get up off the ground. The problem was that he didn't trust anyone and it toke him a lot of work to make friends,  I mean the only reason he was able to kiss Nat was because Nat speaks her mind but by the end Cal was able to become more open and because of that he was able to become closer to his brother.