Orson Scott Card - (Alvin Maker #3) - Prentice Alvin
A country schoolteacher and the child of a runaway slave find their destinies entwined with that of Alvin Miller, whose talent for "making" has marked him for destruction by the evil force known as the Unmaker. Card's epic tale of a magical, alternate America demonstrates his skill in graceful storytelling. Recommended, along with Seventh Son and Red Prophet , for most fantasy collections.
Climbing onto a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first Boarding an Enemy Ship lesson is bad enough.But then discovering Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when Alvin steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese.Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day?
From the end of the eighteenth century into the early years of the
nineteenth, Americans crossed the Appalachian Mountains and Northwest
Territory, spreading west. They traveled to find new homes,
new lands, and they brought with them the plain magics of plain people.
It is from these roots of the American dream that award-winning writer
Orson Scott Card has crafted a uniquely American fantasy. Using the
lore and the folk magic of the men and women who settled a continent,
and the beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Card has
created an alternate frontier America; a world where certain magic
really works and has colored the entire history of the colonies. Charms,
beseechings, hexes, and potions all have a place in the lives of the
people of this world. 'Knacks' abound: dowsers find water, sparks set
fires, blacksmiths speak to iron, the second sight
warns of dan ger, and a torch can read the heart-fire of anyone within
reach. Alvin Miller is the seventh son of a seventh son, born while all
of his brothers still lived. Such a birth is a powerful magic; such a
boy is destined to perhaps become a Maker, even though no Maker has
been born for many a century. But Alvin is something special; and even
before his birth, dark forces reached out to destroy him. Rejoin the
tale of Alvin and his wife Peggy as they work to create the Crystal
City of Alvin's vision, where all people can live together in peace. ORSON SCOTT CARD lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
