Red Prophet: Tales of Alvin Maker: Book 2

Author:   Orson Scott Card
Publisher:   Little, Brown Book Group
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   Book 2
ISBN:  

9781841490229


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   03 January 1991
Format:   Paperback
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Since the age of eleven, whe he saw the white men murder his father, the Red Indian Lolla-Wossiky has been a pathetic drunk. His brother, Ta-Kumsaw, wishes to see whites confined to the eastern lands. But Governor Bill Harrison of the rough frontier town of Carthage has far more brutal plans for the Indians. When he puts those plans into action, he unwittingly brings young Alvin Miller - a very special white boy with extraordinary magical powers - to Lolla-Wossiky and Ta-Kumsaw. And brings Alvin one more step on his magical odyssey. More information on this book and others can be found on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

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Author:   Orson Scott Card
Publisher:   Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:   Orbit
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   Book 2
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9781841490229


ISBN 10:   1841490229
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   03 January 1991
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

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'Card's luminous alternate history continues to chill as it soothes ... and suddenly the saga of Alvin Maker begins to thrill.' THE WASHINGTON POST 'The most important work of American fantasy since Stephen Donaldson's original Thomas Covenant trilogy.' CHICAGO SUN-TIMES


The second installment of Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (Seventh Son, 1987), about an alternate frontier America where folk magic works (people have knacks ), Red men are still very much in evidence, and numerous colonies exist alongside a fledgling US. The Red men are in tune ( green music ) with the land in a way that the Whites are not; their leaders are brothers and at odds. Tenskwa-Tawa (the Red Prophet of the title), powerful in magic, sees visions of a crystal city built by Reds - and urges that his people withdraw across the Mizippy river to the west. His brother Ta-Kumsaw advocates armed resistance (using only traditional Red, stone weapons) to the guns-and-whiskey-bearing Whiles (the latter includes, for some reason, Napoleon Bonaparte). Young Alvin and his brother Measure are captured by Ta-Kumsaw, and figure prominently in both the Red brothers' plans. The Red Prophet shows Alvin his crystal vision, and predicts that Ta-Kumsaw will not be killed so long as Alvin accompanies him. Matters culminate in a ghastly slaughter of innocent, unresisting Reds by deluded Whites. A deeply felt and intricately wrought effort, with the intensity often at a crackling pitch. Yet the focus has slipped away from Alvin, the intrusion of Napoleon is wholly gratuitous, and the heavyweight cosmic complications don't help. Impressive, once again, but less immediately involving than Vol. I. (Kirkus Reviews)


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Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with his wife and three children in the US.

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