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    Pathfinder
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    Pathfinder

    Written by Orson Scott Card

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    Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him—secrets about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

    Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent...or forfeit control of his destiny.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 23, 2010
    ISBN9781441820297
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    Orson Scott Card

    Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University. He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.

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    • 5/5
      too good for background noise, had to just listen. :)
    • 5/5
      These books are some of the best sci fi I’ve read. I don’t know what hole in the ground I was in that I didn’t know these existed, but I’m glad to be reading them now. These are the best Orson Scott Card books and do not listen to the few negative reviews. Those people are just upset because they don’t have the capacity or the intellect to follow what is a great story. Orson didn’t know where he was going with these books when he wrote them and the magic of that free flow of creativity is apparent here.
    • 2/5
      Would b fantastic. But orson is shoehorning the future into the beginning of EVERY chapter...ruining the main base story and causing me to give up. Multiple timelines for concurrent plot is childish trope. Blew it. The kids tale was so so good. Smh...but u forced me out...as must have been the intent. Why
    • 3/5
      The story held my interest until the end. The narration was erratic. There were too many narrators with very different styles and voices. The one who narrated the most sounds like he was reading a chemistry textbook. I am not a young adult so maybe a young adult would appreciate it more. Overall I did enjoy it as far as the basic story I bet it would make a good movie. This would be especially true if the long dissertations about time travel and related skill sets were not discussed in such incredible detail.

    • 5/5
      Excellent novel! Can't wait till my son gets done with the Chronicles of Nick series so We can start listening to this before he goes to bed! Great for Adults.. or 32 year old kids .. and younger kids like my 11 and 14 year old boys! I find myself in the Young Adult genre alot and this kicks @ss!!
    • 5/5
      Great storyline and story telling. There's intrigue, adventure, and a fun exploration of time.
    • 5/5
      I've always loved the way the Orson Scott Card writes. He really puts the science in sci-fi literature and it can really get you thinking, especially in a book like this that involves borderline magic and he tries to use science to explain portions of it
    • 5/5
      Veryy good book kept me interested the entire time. Very interesting concept that makes you think.
    • 5/5
      FMA Reread of 2012:

      5/5, especially because of that bit of Hoho-papa's backstory.
    • 5/5
      So many pieces of the puzzle fall into place with volume 17. We finally get some explanation on how the alchemy in Xing works and we even find out some history on how the alchemy in Amestris works. Several groups of people also finally figure out what Maes Hughes died for way back in volume 4. The time when all of the homunculis’ scheming finally comes to fruition is close and things are more dire than anyone could have thought.I'm really liking some of the new characters. Miles, an Ishbalan solider serving in the Amestrian army, is so rough and tough in amongst all of the crap he has to put up with because of his race and the history the Amestrians have with his country. He's not afraid to flash his red eyes at someone to shake them and their preconceptions up a bit. I also really liked the Major General Olivier Armstrong, she is tough as nails and doesn't take any crap from anyone. I also really admire her commitment to her job guarding the border and to the troops defending it. The women in this series are all portrayed in an empowering way, whether they are generals in charge of a fort, mechanics and doctors helping put people back together, or even mothers and wives who are shown with a unique strength and empowering love and devotion all of their own. Don't forget that it was for the love of their mother that Ed and Al started on this crazy adventure in the first place.With the dastardly plans of the homunculi finally being revealed things are coming to a head for the characters in this book, but the enemy still has as many hands tied as possible and makes sure the heroes know it. It's your move, Fullmetal.
    • 4/5
      Another good person Scott card book. Interesting plot. Character conversations seem centered toward YA readers, but also help explain some timely Winey things? a good read
    • 5/5
      Orson Scott Card always amazes me with his ability to build worlds. This novel is as wonderful as his many others.

      What do you write about books like these? It is science fiction. It is a different society. There are fantasy elements. The truth is revealed slowly as the protagonist journeys to find his parents. But none of this says much and I hate giving anything away.

      I don't read reviews until I have read the book. The most innocent comment is enough to ensure I have guessed plot twists long before I would have enjoyed seeing them revealed. So I don't like to write things on my reviews that might spoil the enjoyment and discovery of the story.

      Good book.
    • 3/5
      Overall I thought this book was okay. It was slow moving at times, and I will probably not finish the book.
    • 3/5
      This series was enjoyable, but the dialogue between characters regarding the parameters of time travel was distracting.
    • 2/5
      I will confess that I was drawn to this book by its cover. The colors are grand, there is a metallic sheen underneath, and -- thankfully -- there is no hooded protagonist on the cover, as so many other covers have been using over the past few years. As I began reading this book, I was intrigued by two things. First, the story line juxtaposes high technology (spaceflight) with low technology (your typical fantasy world of taverns and swords etc.). Presumably the story eventually ties these together, but I don't know -- I decided to abandon reading it. The second thing that intrigued me was that the main character was able to manipulate time, and see the paths that others have taken through his environment before he arrived there. But after I had invested several not-unpleasurable hours of reading, it seemed like the author was having too much fun confusing the characters (and the reader!) with time travel paradoxes. I simply lost interest in the book. It was one of those cases where the book was interesting, but because it is competing for my attention with many other books (on my shelves and on my wishlist), I chose to give up on it. Sorry, Mr. Card.
    • 4/5
      Time travel. series. could have used a little more action. Confusing, hard to wrap my mind around the ability to travel back and then forward.
    • 4/5
      One character sees movement residue in time, one speeds up perception of time, one jumps microseconds in time, and two others are somehow perceptive of the others and bring them all together. It's such a weird view of time travel that Card finds it necessary to explain his conception of time in an epilogue. Meanwhile, the plot is so complicated that I must needs leave out most of it. Basically a colony ship is sent to a star system using a new form of star drive and ends up colonizing the star 11K years ago and the computers made a point of not informing the resurrected colonists of their origin, or the fact that the time is near when the original colony is supposed to arrive. This is part 1. Meanwhile, it struck me that Card's plot style bears a certain resemblance to Asimov--inasmuch as the action is more verbal than physical.
    • 5/5
      Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him - secrets about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent... or forfeit control of his destiny.
    • 3/5
      Pathfinder is definitely an interesting read, if occasionally a confusing one.
    • 5/5
      A very different series than Ender's Game, Card weaves a very intricate but clear plot. It is a bit young for me personally but I was still intrigued. I'm interested in the worldbuilding, and I hope to hear more of it.
    • 4/5
      As enjoyable as the Alvin Maker books.... the slight dichotomy of the opposing timelines make for a cliffhanger ending, but who'll be surprised over that?
      Will continue with the series.
    • 3/5
      Overall I thought this book was okay. It was slow moving at times, and I will probably not finish the book.
    • 4/5
      Synposis: This is sort of two stories interwoven, but seemingly separate until the very end. The main story follows a young boy named Rigg who was raised as a trapper by his father. His father is his educator and teaches him much more than what Rigg thinks is important to be a trapper. When his father dies in the forest, Rigg's life is sent on a new journey in which he learns why his father taught him all the lessons he had taught. This part of the tale feels more like fantasy, taking place in the past. Rigg has "special powers" and stumbles upon others who have special powers as well. The world they live in, Garden, is a pre-indsutrial revolutionized society, and he spends a lot of time walking.

      The second story being told, follows Ram, a pilot on a starship sent to colonize other worlds. This is a much smaller bit of the story, usually only a page or two at the beginning of some chapters. It seems to have no relevance to Rigg's story and is much more clearly sci-fi in nature. When the two stories converge, a whole new respect for Card's writing is achieved!

      Review: Another brilliant, multifaceted story that Card shares with us. The only thing I didn't like about it was that I started it shortly after reading Lost Gate, hoping that it was a sequel. Sometimes it is not clear through the course of the story when a book is a sequel for Card. Discarding the second story, I really was thinking it might be a sort of prequel to Lost gate. It has nothing to do with Lost Gate. As long as you know that going in, I can't imagine there being any complaints! I now have second books to two series to anticipate!!
    • 4/5
      Orson Scott Card did it again. He managed to use the parallel story theme to bring alive yet another great book!

      I really enjoy his technique of taking the beginning of a chapter and telling us bits of the parallel before getting into the main story line. Just as in Ender's Game we're left wondering how those two story lines will converge. Here in Pathfinder Orson takes a bit longer than in EG to tie them together by using ever chapter of the book to do so.

      In this story we have a bright young boy with a special gift, he doesn't know why he has it but his father trains him to hone his ability to see every path from every living thing that ever lived. What would you do with this gift? Well Rigg was told by his father to find his sister and is soon catapulted into a journey across the land to find out who he really is and find his sister.

      With the help of a few friends who have their own talents, Rigg takes this journey and they combine their talents make their way and take care of each other.

      If I tell you anymore, I'll spoil it for you but know this...

      Orson takes 661 pages to tell you a simple story, with an intricate plot intertwined with a complicated take on on a certain kind of travel we wish we all could take...

      Definitely put this on your to read list!! Might as well put the other two books in the trilogy on your list as well. I have!

      Cheers! (Fist bump)
    • 5/5
      Very hard to put down! Excellent character development and story telling captured my attention immediately and made me care about what happened, even though some of the time travel theory is a little far-fetched. But, it made me think, "is that really possible?"
    • 4/5
      Typical of Card's style (monotone characters and preachy narrative), but an imaginative take on time-travel as a paranormal psychic ability. Advanced juniors could read it.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent book by the master storyteller!A wonderful fantasy sci-fi story with complex characters, plot interactions, supernatural abilities, are time travel. The story weaves a multitude of interesting imaginative information and tidbits slowly putting them together piece by piece for those "ah ha" moments. Never a dull moment in the book. Mind stretching. Loved it!
    • 4/5
      Rigg lives in a small country town with his father trapping animals to survive. They spend hours in the woods with his father teaching him languages, diplomacy, how to use his powers to track paths and survival, until his father dies. Then Rigg tries to save a young boy from going over a waterfall and has to flee town in a hurry. He and Umbo, brother of the dead child start on a journey with instructions left by his father to the city where Rigg will get ahold of his wealth. As they journey they find much more then they bargained for.

      This was a really interesting book even though it took me forever to get through. Rigg is an intriguing and likable character. I also liked being able to learn what happened in the past and being able to figure out exactly what happened and how the world got to be the way it was. The scientific concepts were interesting and sometimes they took a little bit of time for me to grasp but they weren't so complicated that I gave up. The world building was pretty incredible and I liked that it was such an integral part of the plot so I didn't feel as though it was wasting time. I really enjoyed this which is pretty amazing cause I am not normally such a scyfy fan.
    • 4/5
      Card combines young adult fantasy and science-fiction. Pathfinder is a complex and sophisticated narrative involving space and time-travel --secrets and intrigues that keep you turning pages/listening. At the end, the author stated that he had achieved his goal and tht soe of the skipping around in time was necessary for the story. The political intrigue is complicated. In production, multiple narrators were used for the same character...very distracting.
    • 3/5
      Definitely not as good as some of Orson Scott Card's other work. A very interesting story and original ideas with a fantastic beginning, but it drags a bit and takes far too long to get to the point.