SEVENTH SON
by Card, Orson Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket. (4207)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Tor, [1987]. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (4207). Octavo, boards. The Tales of Alvin Maker, Vol. 1. Barron (ed): Fantasy Literature 4A-58.
Synopsis
Seventh Son (1987) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card. It is the first book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son. Seventh Son won a Locus Award and was nominated for both the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards in 1988. Seventh sons have strong "knacks" (specific magical abilities), and seventh sons of seventh sons are both extraordinarily rare and powerful.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4207
- Title
- SEVENTH SON
- Author
- Card, Orson Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket. (4207)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tor
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- [1987]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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