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Ruins

Ruins

Science FictionSpace Opera
Pages
544
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

Rigg Sessamekesh, a teenager with the power to manipulate time, faces an impossible task: save his planet from destruction. He and his companions must journey 11,000 years into the past, to the very moment human starships first arrived. Rigg will need to embrace his destiny and take on greater responsibilities to alter the course of history and secure a future for his home.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousTense
Chosen OneQuestTime LoopSurvival

Genres

Science Fiction Space Opera Time Travel Young Adult Adventure Fantasy

About the author

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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

Characters

Rigg SessamekeshProtagonist
All characters in Ruins