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Prentice Alvin

Orson Scott Card

Cover of Prentice Alvin

Published 1989 by Tor Books · 342 pages

Hugo Nominee 1990Nebula Nominee 1990
Fantasy

Synopsis

Young Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son gifted with powerful Making abilities, returns to the town of Hatrack River to apprentice as a blacksmith while secretly honing his magical talents. In this alternate frontier America where folk magic is real, Alvin must confront the forces of the Unmaker while an escaped slave girl with her own extraordinary gifts makes her way toward him.

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Details

Series

The Tales of Alvin Maker #3

Author Nationality

US

ISBN

9780312931414

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