by Orson Scott Card · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466621847
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«El séptimo hijo» is the fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
In an alternative 19th-century North America, still under British rule, folk magic truly works. Alvin, seventh son of a seventh son, is born with an extraordinary power that destines him to be a maker, someone able to create and transform reality. From his birth, dark forces stalk him and want to destroy him.
First installment of the series «La historia de Alvin el Hacedor» (Tales of Alvin Maker), translated by Paola Tizzano. The original novel won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
For readers of fantasy and alternate history: opens the Alvin Maker saga, an alternative North America where magic is real.
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.
