Hatrack River

"His name was Alvin Miller, and he was the seventh son of a seventh son - a powerfully magical thing to be anywhere in the Americas, but especially in the frontier territories..." So begins the six book saga of Alvin Miller (1987-2003) written by the great Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender’s Game series. This omnibus includes the first three novels: 1] Seventh Son (1987) - This first volume of the Tales of Alvin Maker introduces young Alvin Miller Jr., the seventh son of a seventh son, who lives on the frontier of an alternate early 19th century America, where folk magic such as faith healing and second sight really works. While Alvin embarks on his mythic struggle against the Unmaker of all things, he is watched over by a flesh and blood guardian angel; he is pursued by the rigid, zealous Reverend Thrower; and he is guided by the wandering Taleswapper, William Blake; 2] Red Prophet (1988) - In an America that might have been, Alvin Maker, learns about the land and its chosen people and discovers how to use his own mysterious powers; and 3] Prentice Alvin (1989) - 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.


Genre: Fantasy