- Fantasy fiction, Alvin Maker (Fictitious character), Fiction, Magic
In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a birth is powerful magic. Yet even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. Age rating: 10+
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Orson Scott Card
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Orbit, ATALANTE, Tor Books
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9782070415748
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Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.
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