Wyrms

Orson Scott Card. Orb Books, $14.95 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-7653-0560-2

Orson Scott Card fans will welcome the reissue of Wyrms (1987), an early SF novel by the bestselling author of Shadow Puppets (Forecasts, July 15, 2002) and other titles in his Ender series. ""A wonderful, textured novel,"" PW said of this futuristic tale of honor and self-sacrifice.

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