CARD, Orson Scott

Alvin Maker 6. The Crystal City

The sixth book in the Tales of Alvin Maker series includes Abraham Lincoln in the story. Alvin, looking for the right place and the right people for his Crystal City, free thousands of slaves in the city of...

Alvin Maker 3. Prentice Alvin

The third book in the Tales of Alvin Maker series deals with the problem of slavery: a slave woman and her mulatto son arrive at the village where Alvin lives. Alvin himself continues to grow as a person...

Alvin Maker 1. Seventh Son

The first book in the tales of Alvin Maker. Alvin Miller is the seventh son of a seventh son, and so endowed with “knacks” – special powers that others do not possess. Others have gifts too, but Alvin is...

Alvin Maker 2. Red Prophet

The second book in the Tales of Alvin Maker, about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son, and his powerful “knacks”, mixes the real story of late-eighteenth-century America with elements of magic....

Alvin Maker 4. Alvin Journeyman

In the fourth book in the Tales of Alvin Maker, we return to Calvin, Alvin Miller’s younger brother, who also has powerful knacks but lacks Alvin’s good intentions. There is an interesting parallel here...

Alvin Maker 5. Heartfire

In the fifth book in the series Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin, now a Maker, continues looking for ideas to build the Crystal City he dreams of. Meanwhile his protectress Peggy is trying everything she can...