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: that 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. Patience must journey to the heartsoul of this planet to confront her destiny...and her world's. Wyrms is an Orson Scott Card classic, one of the novels that helped forge his young career.
WYRMS was originally published in 1987, not long after ENDER'S GAME, Card's most popular novel. This novel also features a child as the main character, a teenager named Patience, who, a religious person tells her, is destined to give birth to Kristos, the potential savior of the world. Emily Janice Card narrates, providing the perfect voice for the character of Patience. One of the most interesting aspects of the WYRMS world is that people's heads can be animated after death. Using air bladders to push air past a severed head's vocal cords allows one to hear them speak. Emily Card's performance of a scene in which Patience has a difficult conversation with her father's head is distinctive and chilling. S.D.D. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
Science Fiction Chronicle...
"One of the most gripping SF adventure novels of recent years."
About the Author
Orson Scott Card, the New York Times best-selling author of Ender’s Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards for his works of speculative fiction. He lives with his family in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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