From the author of Ender's Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.
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Look! It's Joseph Smith!:
Okay, so it's pretty clear to the LDS readers that this story is actually a blatant rip-off of the life of Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of the LDS religion. However, after you roll your eyes, you can appreciate the imagination that Card has used to write this incredible story of a different version of America where the country is altered and folk magic runs amok. Even though this is noticeably imaginary, Card makes it work with his coloquial writing that sucks you in like a professional storyteller that... more info
Engaging Folk Tale:
Alvin Miller is born the seventh son of a seventh son, thus he is the focus of great power in this tale set in an alternate version of the American frontier where folk magic, hexes and yarb lore are all real and taken quite seriously by characters in the story. Alvin has so much power that one of the elemental forces of nature, water, pits itself against him - in the form of The Unmaker - and seeks to kill him at every opportunity. Fans of James Fenimore Cooper - look elsewhere; fans of Rip Van Winkle... more info
Incredibly slow:
I could not believe the amount of words in this text. I love long books, when they have a lot to say. One could probably tell this story in about 50 pages. It is unnecessarily descriptive, and all the description adds nothing to the experience of the reading of the book.
An understated opening for a grand series:
An engrossing tale from this giant of the genre. Card takes us to the frontier of a pre-industrial America where magic, religion, and science exist in uncomfortable proximity, each competing for ascendancy in the hearts and minds of the people. Card has created a unique alternate history wherein the states are not united, various regions owe allegiance to various central governments, and Native Americans represent a dangerous and unpredictable force. With all this as a backdrop, Card elects to start his... more info
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