Pisteur

by Orson Scott Card, Mathieu Jacquet (Translator)

En cherchant à connaître ses origines, Rigg ignorait qu'il serait bientôt pris au piège entre deux factions : certains veulent le voir couronné, d'autres n'attendent qu'une chose, sa mort.
Prisonnier d'une cage dorée à Aressa Sessamo, il devra user de tout son talent pour survivre et découvrir l'étrange secret que s'efforçait de percer son véritable père...

346 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2013

About the author

Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.

Reviews

[Charlène · Rating 4 out of 5]

"En conclusion, c’est une bonne suite, différente de la partie 1, parce qu’elle est plus poussée dans l’intrigue et dans ce qui est attendu des héros. La partie 1 concernait le début du périple, la recherche de soi, la partie 2 les immerge vraiment dedans, leur faisant prendre conscience qu’ils ont quelque chose à réaliser et leur faisant aussi aller jusqu’au bout. C’est prenant, ça reste frais, accessible et pourtant original et même réaliste dans ce qui est proposé : bref, que du bon ou presque !
Ce sera un nouveau 17/20 pour moi et je vous conseille vivement cette saga !"

Chronique entière ici :
http://leden-des-reves.blogspot.fr/20...

[Lydie Blaizot · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un second tome poussif, laborieux, aux longues discussions et tergiversations inutiles. Des explications scientifiques ratées, des incohérences... je ne lirai pas la suite.

http://lauryn-books.blogspot.fr/2013/...

[Narendra Jussien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Très vite lu. Une suite plus linéaire que le premier tome. L'intrigue mêlant passé, présent et futur reste prenante même si les fils s'embrouillent petit à petit. J'ai un peu peur que la suite continue à embrouiller le fil de l'histoire qu'à le débrouiller. À voir néanmoins.