It seems to have no relevance to Rigg's story and is much more clearly sci-fi in nature. This is a much smaller bit of the story, usually only a page or two at the beginning of some chapters. The second story being told, follows Ram, a pilot on a starship sent to colonize other worlds. The world they live in, Garden, is a pre-indsutrial revolutionized society, and he spends a lot of time walking. Rigg has 'special powers' and stumbles upon others who have special powers as well. This part of the tale feels more like fantasy, taking place in the past. When his father dies in the forest, Rigg's life is sent on a new journey in which he learns why his father taught him all the lessons he had taught. His father is his educator and teaches him much more than what Rigg thinks is important to be a trapper. The main story follows a young boy named Rigg who was raised as a trapper by his father. Synposis: This is sort of two stories interwoven, but seemingly separate until the very end. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny. Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him-secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. From Orson Scott Card, the internationally bestselling author of Ender’s Game, comes the first novel in the Pathfinder trilogy, the riveting story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a special power that allows him to see the paths of people’s pasts.

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card