Pathfinder (Pathfinder Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455847860 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 510 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. 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. 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.. 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 th
Both Rigg and his friend, Umbo, have a special ability that aids them–Rigg can see the paths of all living things, regardless of intervening obstructions or even time, and Umbo can seemingly change the movement of time itself. This novel should appeal to Card's legion of fans as well as anyone who enjoys speculative fiction with characters who rely on quick thinking rather than violence or tales of mind-bending time-travel conundrums.–Eric Norton, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The combination of science fiction and fantasy as well as a surprising revelation at the end harken back to genre classics like Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle (HarperCollins, 1980) and Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes i
"Good Sci-Fi of the “primitive earth” genre" according to F. Moyer. A young boy has a gift: the ability to sense the paths taken by people and animals, both recently and long-ago. A second character also has a gift: the ability to manipulate time. These gifts are integral to the story, but the story itself is about far more than those two special gifts. Like other books by this author, a primitive world has been created and populated by interesting characters, some of whom may or may not be who they seem to be. Pathfinder is a well-written, intelligent story. However, a few negatives are:(1) The last quarter of the book was less interesting because by then many of the plot twists had been unwound . "Starts Off Well, But Don't Let it Trick You" according to astralwolfStarts Off Well, But Don't Let it Trick You I haven't read a book that sat quite so poorly with me in a while. And I think it's Rigg's fault. He's too much of an uber-gifted clone of Ender, but in a setting that reads as a fantasy, his hyper-rationality is too jarring. And to be frank, nearly 700 pages is a long time to spend with an insufferable know-it-all stock main character. Also, the way he can willfully shift drastic roles, like going from humble trapper to conniving business douche in a half second flat because his father taught him "rhetoric," makes him all the more unlikable. It makes me feel like I'm reading about a sociopath. A boring one.The shift between the s. 7. I haven't read a book that sat quite so poorly with me in a while. And I think it's Rigg's fault. He's too much of an uber-gifted clone of Ender, but in a setting that reads as a fantasy, his hyper-rationality is too jarring. And to be frank, nearly 700 pages is a long time to spend with an insufferable know-it-all stock main character. Also, the way he can willfully shift drastic roles, like going from humble trapper to conniving business douche in a half second flat because his father taught him "rhetoric," makes him all the more unlikable. It makes me feel like I'm reading about a sociopath. A boring one.The shift between the s. S. Kohl said Intriguing story and delivery.. Rigg is special. He can see where living things have been, and how long ago. He sees their paths, even hundreds of years afterwards. This helps him track game, as he travels with his forester father to collect meat and hides for sale. It also gets Rigg into a lot of trouble.Orson Scott Card has created a world in which the human brain is able to transcend time and space. Humans like Rigg need not be limited by the unidirectional flow of time, and the chains of causality can be quite surprising as a result.The story is interesting throughout. Despite the elements of science fiction that shape Rigg's adventures, the meat and potatoe