Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker (Card, Orson Scott. Tales of Alvin Maker (Los Angeles, Calif.), 4.)

by Orson Scott Card

Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For Alvin has had a vision of the Crystal City he will build, and he knows that he cannot build it alone.But... (read more)

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Over the course of his career, OSC seems to talk more but say less. This novel marks that turning point in the Alvin series. Still compulsively readable.

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