By Orson Scott Card. Patience is a slave in the court of King Oruc, the daughter of his most trusted advisor. She is also a highly skilled diplomat and assassin, two skills she''ll need to put to use when her father dies. After all, Patience is the rightful heir to the throne, and the seventh seventh seventh daughter of her planet''s first ruler. Someone who is destined to bring about the destruction of civilization as they know it and bring back the creatures known as the Wyrms. But can she survive long enough to fulfill her destiny? And does she even want to? Fusing high science fiction with the classical mythological archetype of the quest, New York Times best-selling author Orson Scott Card''s WYRMS is a must-read for any fan of science fiction and fantasy. Featuring a world settled by humans from a crashed starship who have built their own unique society, WYRMS is a story full of many themes and ideas, crafted by the writer responsible for such masterpieces as ENDER''S GAME and SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD.