"Card has exceeded his own high standards in Seventh Son."  - Anne McCaffrey

"This beguiling book recalls Robert Penn Warren... and promises to be a story of deep delight."  - Publishers Weekly

Come fall in love with a magical America that might have been...

Using the lore and folk magic of the men and women who helped settle a continent and beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Orson Scott Card has created an alternate frontier America where folk magic works, and colored the entire history of the colonies.  It is into this world, amid the deep wood where the Red Man still holds sway, that a very special child is born...

"There is something deeply heart-wrenching about an America come true, even if it is only a dream, a fantasy novel.  The first volume of The Tales of Alvin Maker is sharp and clean bracing.  May its Maker grow."  - Washington Post Book World

"Card brings to building this world and his large cast of well-wrought characters formidable scholarship in history, religion, and folklore.  He also brings to it his maturing command of the English language. ...we are talking about the most important work of American fantasy since Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant trilogy."  - Chicago Sun-Times

"Harsher, bleaker, and more mystical than Seventh Son, this novel superbly demonstrated Card's solid historical research, keen understanding of religious experience, and, most of all, his mastery of the art of storytelling."  - Booklist

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.

"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 Grandalfesque mentor Taleswapper - are all complete and memorable characters."  -The Philadelphia Inquired

PRAISE FOR
THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER

"A tribute in the art of storytelling... highly recommended." - Library Journal

"Card has uncovered a rich vein of folklore and magic here, to which his assured handling of old time religion and manifest love of children is admirably suited: an appealing and intriguing effort." - Publishers Weekly

"Card is one of the most important writers in the field." - Ben Bova

"[Card's] versatility of style, subject, and approach makes him unique in the SF field!' - Anne McCaffrey

"With the third installment in his Tales of Alvin Maker eries, Card's alternate frontier America epic continues to be a significant event in fantasy publishing." - Booklist

"The best fantasy series now in progress." - Publishers Weekly

IF YOU READ ONLY ONE FANTASY
THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE ONE.

Come fall in love with a magical America that might have been...

Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.

Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For Alvin has had a vision of the Crystal City he will build, and he knows that he cannot build it alone.

But he has left behind in Hatrack River enemies as well as true friends. His ancient foe, the Unmaker, whose cruel whispers and deadly plots have threatened Alvin's life at every turn, has found new hands to do his work of destruction.

"At long last, Card returns to what promises to be his most notable creation, The Tales of Alvin Maker....  This supurb and welcome book conrinues to saga at the same high level as before." - Booklist

Come fall in love with a magical America that might have been...

Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person's heart. She can follow the paths of each person's future, and know each person's most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him.

Now they are married, and Peggy is a part of Alvin's heart as well as his life.

But Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft, and their use is punished with death.

Peggy has been drawn south, to the British Crown Colonies and the court of King Arthur Stuart in exile. For she has seen a terrible future bloom in the heartfires of every person in America, a future of war and destruction. One slender path exists that leads through the bloodshed, and it is Peggy's quest to set the world on the path to peace.

"The best fantasy series in progress." - Publishers Weekly

Alvin has been trying to avert the terrible war that his wife, Peggy, a torch of extraordinary power, has seen down the life-lines of every American. Now she has sent him down the Mizzippy to the city of New Orleans, or Nueva Barcelona as they call it under Spanish occupation. Alvin doesn't know exactly why he's there, but when he and his brother-in-law, Arthur Stuart, find lodgings with a family of abolitionists who know Peggy, he suspects he'll find out soon.

"Just when you think you know what a writer has up his sleeve, he surprises you with a pair of aces.  Orson Scott Card is that kind of writer....  Card uses language in these novels like never before.  The speech os the characters refelcts their time and beliefs and his descriptions bring the magic alive for the reader." - Indianapolis News