by Orson Scott Card · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440679994
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«El séptimo hijo» is the fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Ediciones B in paperback (378 pages, in Spanish).
In an alternative frontier America, Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, a birth with powerful magic that destines him to face the dark forces that want to destroy him. As he grows, the young man discovers the extent of his gift and the danger that pursues him, in a world where fantasy intertwines with history.
First installment of the Alvin Maker series (Tales of Alvin Maker); originally published in English as Seventh Son in 1987.
For fans of historical fantasy and alternative stories set in a magical version of frontier America.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
