by Orson Scott Card · Ediciones B. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440695505
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«Fuego del corazón» is the fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Ediciones B in 2000 in paperback (368 pages, in Spanish).
Fifth instalment of the Alvin Maker series, set in an alternative 19th-century North America where magic works. While Alvin travels through New England, his wife Peggy, who can read the heartfire of people, sets off for the court of King Arthur Stuart in Charleston to try to prevent a war between the free states and the slaveholders.
Part of the Alvin Maker series (El Hacedor), of which it is the fifth volume; its original title is Heartfire. The translation is by Rafael Marín and it belongs to the Nova collection (no. 129).
For readers of historical fantasy and alternate history, especially those who follow the stories of Alvin Maker or the work of Orson Scott Card.
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.
