The Darkest Path Summary

My book is The Darkest Path by Jeff Hirsch. It is a book with lots of action and adventure. The genre is futuristic fiction and is about two armies fed forces and path forces going to war to control America. The main protagonist is a 13 year old named Cal. He and his brother get captured by path forces when he was eight. The path is a religion that gives people "The Choice" which is a way of recruiting. You join or die. Cal tries to escape the path and go back to his home in New York, but he is at the bottom of the U.S. so he has to walk on foot. He meets many people along the way that help him get to New York but he gets captured again. He finally escapes with the help of his brother and they travel to New York yo find their parents. But will they make it Cal is held in a path camp with his brother five years previous he and his brother were taken away from his parents and forced to work on the path grounds. Cal is a spy. they send him to places close to the …show more content…
Nat took the cargo out and Cal realized it was all medical equipment not one bullet or gun. Nat started helping people and Nat introduced Cal to her father. Her father locked him immediately because he thought he was a spy. As he was in the cell he heard rumbling he thought there was an earthquake but they were under attack by the path. Nat came to get Cal and lead him to her dad to fight but her dad wanted them to stay where they were. They didn't listen. Nat drove the humvie and Cal got on the machine gun they met up at the helicopters and took of Cal and Nat were in one and Nat's dad and his crew was in the other one. They were flying for a while and then they were getting shot at they held on tight trying to dodge the rockets. Nat's dad was on the radio he said everything will be o... There helicopter exploded. Cals chopper spun around and around and around until they hit the