Red Prophet
The Tales of Alvin Maker, Volume II
By Orson Scott Card
(Tor Fantasy, Mass Market Paperback, 9780812524260, 320pp.)
Publication Date: July 1992
Categories: Fantasy - Series, Fantasy - Epic
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Come here to the magical America that might have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is waking to the mysteries of the land and its own chosen people.
Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife and children in North Carolina.
“Suddenly the saga of Alvin Maker begins to thrill.”—Washington Post Book World
“Red Prophet is but a section of a vast American fantasy epic. It is vividly written, and the principal actors—Alvin, Ta-Kumsaw, the Prophet, and Alvin’s Gandalfesque mentor Taleswapper—are all complete and memorable characters.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Harsher, bleaker, and more mystical than Seventh Son, this novel superbly demonstrates Card’s solid historical research, keen understanding of religious experience, and, most of all, his mastery of the art of storytelling.”—Booklist
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