Pathfinder

Pathfinder

By Nathan 

The book I read was the “Pathfinder” by Orson Scott Card. Book 1 of the

Pathfinder Trilogy was published in 2010 and the sequel, “The Ruins”,

will be published October 30, 2012.

The main characters, in this book, are Rigg Sessamekesh, The

Wandering Man, Umbo, Loaf, Leaky, Param Sissaminka, Hagia

Sessamin, General Haddamander Citizen, Olivenko, and Ram Odin. The

story takes place on another planet called Garden, which is 11,000 light

years from Earth. There are 2 main characters on this planet. These 2

characters, Rigg Sessamekesh (a prince) and Umbo, must learn how to

use their time changing powers. They try to use these powers to get

through a machine created invisible mind wall to escape from an evil

general who wants to be the heir to the throne and get rid of the prince

and his sister.

In this science fiction/fantasy novel there is action, time related

abilities/powers, dangerous secrets, romance, and treachery. This

book is science fiction because it has time travel between the present

and the past. It also is a fantasy book because some of the characters

have magical powers.

The dialect in this book is not old fashioned nor futuristic, but the

dialect is the same dialect as you and I speak. There wasn’t much

figurative language in this story. There was some personification, for

example, some of the machines in the story, can talk to humans. Some

of the vocabulary used in this story was made up names such as Param

Sissaminka and cities such as “0”. Isn’t the names of Sessamekesh or

Hagia or Leaky a bit unusual?

There wasn’t any foreshadowing in this book, but there was

flashbacks and plot twists. An example of a flashback was when Rigg

kept on remembering how the robot who pretended to be his father,

died. An example of a plot twist was when Rigg’s own mother betrayed

him. The dialogue in the book goes back and forth between the

different languages of different cultures. This book dealt with the past,

present, and future.

I would really recommend this book to you if you like action,

magic, and treachery. The plot twists throughout this book were

spaced evenly through the book and it made the book more interesting

because it kept me wanting to read more. Pathfinder had just enough

action to keep the book suspenseful.