by Orson Scott Card · EDICIONES B: VIB · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440679970
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«Alvin el aprendiz» is the third novel in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker fantasy saga, published by Ediciones B in paperback, in Spanish.
In a 19th-century British North America where folk magic is real, Alvin, seventh son of a seventh son, is called to be a Maker. While learning the blacksmith's trade, he must master his powers to face the malevolent force of the Unmaker.
Originally published as Prentice Alvin in 1989, the novel won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1990 and was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
A read for those who enjoy historical fantasy and alternate histories set in an alternative North 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.
