Pathfinder · Book 1

Pathfinder

by Orson Scott Card

Published
2 November 2010
Pages
672
ISBN-13
9781416991762
Type
novel

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Cover of Pathfinder

About this book

Pathfinder, published 2 November 2010, opens Orson Scott Card's trilogy at 672 pages -- its longest volume -- following Rigg, who can see the paths every living creature has ever walked, as his father's death sends him into a wider world entangled with time travel.

Its place in Pathfinder

Pathfinder is book 1 in the Pathfinder series. It is followed by Ruins. See the full Pathfinder reading order.

Rigg has grown up in the wilderness with the secret ability to see the paths every living creature has ever walked, trained by his father to keep the power hidden -- until his father's death sends him out into a wider world to discover both his own origins and the true nature of the paths he can see. Pathfinder (2010) reveals partway through that Rigg's world is a human colony planet whose past and present are more tangled with time travel than anyone realizes, turning what starts as a fantasy quest into hard…

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