by Orson Scott Card · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466633079
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«La ciudad de cristal» is the science fiction and fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (432 pages).
Alvin Maker and his adoptive brother Arthur are sent by Peggy to New Barcelona, the former New Orleans, to prevent a war between pro-slavery and abolitionist factions. A plague epidemic decimates the city, and Alvin must use his powers to free five thousand slaves, a decision that could unleash the conflict he seeks to prevent.
Sixth installment of the Alvin Maker series (The Tales of Alvin Maker), published in 2007.
For readers already familiar with the Alvin Maker saga and for fans of Orson Scott Card's fantasy.
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.
