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Pathfinder

Pathfinder, Book 1

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Pathfinder

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Kristoffer Tabori, Scott Brick
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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.

©2010 Orson Scott Card (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Time Travel

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"The implications of the boys' power to manipulate the past unfold cleverly…, feeding into the Machiavellian political intrigue for a pulse-pounding climax….Card's many fans will be thrilled by this return to his literary roots.” ( Kirkus)
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The premise is really interesting and the story seems fairly good, but it is let down massively by the narrators.

I can understand wanting multiple narrators for the different characters but in this case it doesn't work. It can get confusing and a couple of them aren't as good as the others.

Would have been better to stick with one (or two, like the Stormlight Archive).

Let down by the narrators.

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One of the best books I have had the privilege to experience. Epic adventure, likeable characters with rich internal lives, politics, sci-fi and super-powers,with internally consistent rules governing the magic system.

So excellent

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Another well written Orson Scott Card novel. An interesting story, but I found the time jumping difficult to get me head around ……..

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Please write some more, I want to know what happens next to these fascinating characters!

It ended too soon!

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This is Orson Scott Card doing what he does best - the first book in a new series. It has a cast of good characters and the story was engaging. It holds plenty of promise for the books to come, although that's not typically what OSC does best (e.g. the Alvin, Ender and Homecoming series all start off excellent or good and trail off). Hoping this series and the Mithermage series change that trend. They both have promise.

A typically-OSC series starter - promising

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As always, OSC is brilliant and highly original. Highly recommend. Exciting interesting and thought provoking.

Brilliant

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one of his many best works. card creates yet another masterpeice

Love it

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A truly enjoyable listen! The plot develops very cleverly, leaving the listener intrigued all the way at what is to come next. The personalities of the main characters are many-faceted and described with much detail. A very enjoyable 'twist' was the subplot at the beginning of each new chapter: in the beginning I kept wondering what it had to do with the whole story. But as the book unfolds the history of the planet Garden as well as the true nature of Rigg's gift and the relationship with his 'father' becomes clear. I can't wait to find out what happens in the next book, and whether Rigg and his friends manage to unite all 'wallfolds'...

Truly enjoyable

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Really worth perseverance, slow start and although it doesn't really hit you with manic action the story gets more depth.and more interesting as it goes on ,well narrated, good solid characters that seem at first 2 dimensional but as you learn about the past events you get to know them a little better, an interesting original story with great storytelling
definitely worth a listen and a credit,

Slow pace to Start

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Too much time spent explaining time travel theory. Made more complicated unecessarily by frequent change in narrator for not apparent or obvious reason. Stick with it to the end for the best parts....

very difficult to listen to

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