About the Book
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.
