by Orson Scott Card · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466624138
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In a 19th-century American colony, magic and spells are as effective among white men as among Native Americans. Alvin, the son of a family of settlers, is destined to be a Maker: an antagonist of the unnameable powers that pursue the destruction of all that is created. Alvin will then learn the trade of blacksmith while trying to acquire the powers necessary to defeat the evil force of the Destroyer. 'Prentice Alvin' is the third installment in the 'The Tales of Alvin Maker' series.
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.
