Ruins (novel)

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| name = Ruins

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| image = Ruins cover ISBN 1416991778.jpg

| caption = 2012 first edition (hardcover)

| author = Orson Scott Card

| cover_artist = Sammy Yuen, Jr.

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = The Pathfinder series

| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Simon Pulse

| media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)

| pages = 672

| isbn = 1-416-99177-8

| oclc= 731911989

| release_date = 2012

| preceded_by = Pathfinder

| followed_by = Visitors

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Ruins (2012) is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card,{{cite web |url=http://www.hatrack.com/osc/bibliography/OSC_Publications_List.pdf

|title=Bibliography |publisher=Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. |access-date=2012-05-15}} who is best known for his novel Ender's Game. This novel is the second book in the Pathfinder series and continues the story of Rigg, and his strange powers, in the events proceeding Pathfinder. It is followed by Visitors (2014), the third in the trilogy. Ruins was published on October 30, 2012 by Simon Pulse.

Summary

Rigg, Umbo, and Param escape through the wall, finally leaving Ramfold for the first time in their lives. In their ensuing journey through the other wallfolds and the past, they attempt to understand the history of life on Garden in order to avoid a future in which an enemy arrives to destroy the planet.

Reception

Ruins received slightly less favorable reviews than Pathfinder.{{Cite web|title=Ruins (Pathfinder, #2)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/14717237-ruins|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.goodreads.com}} It was praised for the complexity and the handling of time-travel but criticized for repetitiveness of dialogue, the squabbling of the main characters, and slow pacing.

References

Category:2012 American novels

Category:2012 science fiction novels

Category:Pathfinder series

Category:Simon & Schuster books

Category:Fiction about time travel