Tales of Alvin Maker Series

8 primary works • 17 total works
From the author of Ender’s Game, an unforgettable fantasy tale about young Alvin Maker. In this alternative history of frontier America, folk magic actually works—dowsers find water and second sight warns of true dangers—and that magic has colored the entire history of the colonies. Alvin, the seventh son of a seventh son, is a Maker, the first to …

Book 0

Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow
3.93
· 60 Ratings · published 1989 · 2 editions
This poem is about a young blacksmith’s apprentice…
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Book 1

Seventh Son
3.88
· 37820 Ratings · 1780 Reviews · published 1987 · 73 editions
In an alternate version of frontier America, young…
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Book 2

Red Prophet
3.81
· 21706 Ratings · 643 Reviews · published 1988 · 3 editions
Come here to the magical America that might have b…
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Book 3

Prentice Alvin
3.81
· 19066 Ratings · 412 Reviews · published 1989 · 3 editions
The Tales of Alvin Maker series continues in volum…
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Book 4

Alvin Journeyman
3.76
· 16621 Ratings · 345 Reviews · published 1995 · 2 editions
Alvin Miller, a gifted seventh son of a seventh so…
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Book 5

Heartfire
3.73
· 13686 Ratings · 278 Reviews · published 1998 · 42 editions
This is the fifth novel in Orson Scott Card's popu…
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Book 5.5

Grinning Man
3.76
· 307 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1998 · 2 editions
Alvin Maker and his traveling companion, Arthur St…
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Book 5.9

The Yazoo Queen
3.42
· 84 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
"The Yazoo Queen" is a fantasy short story by Orso…
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Book 6

The Crystal City
3.63
· 11796 Ratings · 351 Reviews · published 2003 · 32 editions
Using the lore and the folk-magic of the men and w…
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Book 6.1

Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West
3.71
· 1016 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 2014 · 13 editions
HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD!

From a kill-or-be-killed …
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Book 6.2

Naysayers
3.00
· 4 Ratings · 1 edition
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Book 7

Master Alvin
3.68
· 291 Ratings · 46 Reviews · 5 editions
The final volume in the Alvin Maker series. Card h…
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Book 1-2

Seventh Son and Red Prophet: The First Two Volumes of The Tales of Alvin Maker
From Orson Scott Card, the New York Times author o…
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Book 1-3

Hatrack River
4.04
· 578 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1989 · 7 editions
Book club edition containing Seventh Son, Red Prop…
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Book 4-5

Alvin Wandering
3.90
· 742 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1998 · 5 editions
An Omnibus of Alvin books of the fourth and fifth …
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Book 5.5

Legends
3.93
· 7744 Ratings · 322 Reviews · published 1998 · 36 editions
Acclaimed writer and editor Robert Silverberg gath…
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Book 5.9

Legends II
3.91
· 3917 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 1998 · 27 editions
Realm of the Elderlings: Homecoming / Robin Hobb
A …
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