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Ruins Paperback - 2013

by Orson Scott Card

To prevent the destruction of his planet, teenager Rigg Sessamekesh, who can manipulate time, must assume more responsibility when he and others travel back 11,000 years to the arrival of human starships.


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From the author of EnderâÈçs Game, the soon-to-be major motion picture!

A complex fate. A deadly path. Book two in the New York Times bestselling series Publishers Weekly calls âÈêan epic in the best sense.âÈë

When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, VadeshâÈ'a machine shaped like a human, created to deceiveâÈ'but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he canâÈçt yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden. If Rigg, Umbo, and Param canâÈçt work together to alter the past, there will be no future.

The adventure, suspense, and time travel continue in this second installment in the critically acclaimed New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling Pathfinder series.

From the publisher

From Orson Scott Card, the internationally bestselling author of Ender's Game, comes the second novel in the Pathfinder trilogy, the riveting story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a special power that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts. When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh--a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive--but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he can't yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden. If Rigg, Umbo, and Param can't work together to alter the past, there will be no future. The adventure, suspense, and time travel continue in this second installment in the critically acclaimed New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling Pathfinder series.

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  • Title Ruins
  • Author Orson Scott Card
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York
  • Date 2013-09-03
  • ISBN 9781416991809 / 1416991808
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.57 x 1.39 in (20.93 x 14.15 x 3.53 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Reading level 790
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Science fiction, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011052745
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Orson Scott Card is the author of numerous bestselling novels and the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards two years in a row; first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife in North Carolina.
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