Ruins
Ruins is a 2012 time-travel fiction and adventure fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. Key subjects include space colonies and time travel.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 13 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Chapter Books bestseller list in 2012.
It runs to roughly 544 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Ruins
To prevent the destruction of his planet, teenaged Rigg Sessamekesh, who can manipulate time, must assume more responsibility when he and others travel back 11,000 years to the arrival of human starships.
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Chapter Books, 2012
Quick answers
Who wrote Ruins?
Ruins was written by Orson Scott Card and first published in 2012.
What genre is Ruins?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Adventure.
How long is Ruins?
The median edition has 544 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Ruins?
Readers who like it often enjoy Artemis Fowl, Sea of Tranquility and Atlantis Found.
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