Ruins - Orson Scott Card

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Title: Ruins (Pathfinder #2)
Author: Orson Scott Card
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 544
Date read: March, 2019

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.


Some days I lament the fact that I don't read as much as I used to. Other days I finish a 544p book in just a weekend :-D

The sequel to "Pathfinder" and in many ways just as good, despite there being fewer surprises along the way. I liked reading about what happened in other wallfolds and seeing the five come together as a group, despite their issues along the way. All of them (with the possible exception of Loaf, for obvious reasons) really got on my nerves along the way, but their behaviour was realistic... even if quite insolent at times.

The ending was quite different from what I had expected, so I'm very curious to see where Orson Scott Card takes the story next.

... oh, and I'm pretty sure Orson Scott Card has read Douglas Adams... just sayin'.