Wyrms
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
New York Times bestselling author of Ender’s Shadow
The
sphere is alien in origin, but has been controlled by man for
millennia. A legend as old as the stars rules this constructed world:
When the seventh seventh seventh human Heptarch is crowned, he will be
the Kristos and will bring eternal salvation... or the destruction
of the cosmos.
Patience is the only daughter of the rightful
Heptarch, but she, like her father before her, serves the usurper who
has destroyed her family. For she has learned the true ruler’s honor:
Duty to one’s race is more important than duty to one’s self.
But
the time for prudence has passed, and that which has slept for ages has
awakened. And Patience must journey to the heartsoul of this planet to
confront her destiny... and her world's.
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Before Ender’s Game became required reading in classrooms and a touchstone for science fiction fans worldwide, it was just a short story—one that Orson Scott Card wrote while trying to understand how humanity might survive its own genius. That idea, born of curiosity and a deep interest in moral complexity, would eventually grow into a sprawling series exploring war, empathy, leadership, and the loneliness of brilliance.
Born in Richland, Washington in 1951 and raised mostly in Utah and California, Card grew up in a family where storytelling was a living thing—spoken, passed down, constantly evolving. Though he began his career writing plays and studying literature, he found his true voice in speculative fiction. And when he wrote Ender’s Game—and later Speaker for the Dead—he did something science fiction rarely dared at the time: he treated the genre as a tool for exploring the human soul.
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