Pathfinder - Orson Scott Card

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Title: Pathfinder
Author: Orson Scott Card
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 662, Audiobook ~18hrs
Date read: April 2012, March 2019

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.

I finished this yesterday and really, really enjoyed it. Not that I expected anything less, as I've loved everything I've read by Orson Scott Card so far :) It's a fun mix between Science Fiction and Fantasy, and I think the mix really works. I'd guessed some of the twists ahead of time, but not all.

Rigg was definitely my favourite character, Umbo did annoy me occasionally with his insecurity and jealousy - I still think his is the cooler of the powers, but I liked Rigg's ability to become whoever he needed to be. I often laughed out loud at people's reactions to him.

"Pathfinder" is the first book in a series, but the ending clearly leads the way to the second book, it's still nicely rounded off, so I'm not left with a frustrating feeling that the story hasn't ended yet. No annoying cliff-hangers ;)