Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker Volume 2

by Orson Scott Card, Roland Bernard Brown, Miguel Montenegro (Contributor)

In this sequel to Seventh son, Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son, learns about the land and its chosen people in an America that might have been.

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Alternate History

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 2008

About the author

Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) 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 co-produced, 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; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.

Reviews

[Tomislav · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished the pair of books today (Volume 1 and Volume 2). I read the original novel Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card about 22 years ago, and it is the second in a series known as the Tales of Alvin Maker. But this graphic adaptation was issued without any adaptation of the first novel, Seventh Son. As a stand-alone, the plot did suffer from occasional unexplained references to events of the first book. However, the artwork used vivid coloring and brought the characters to life in a way the written word cannot. I can't imagine what it would be like to attempt to read this graphic novel without having previously read the written novel(s).

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great adaptation of the book in fact I think I could follow this much better than I did in the book, I enjoyed the art and story very much. This was a Good read.

[Deann Cagle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series

[John Worthington · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a very interesting book in the 2 volumen of The Tales fo Alvin Maker. Alvin is a boy with many talents, including the ability to see inside the body and repair it. In this book he and his brother are captured and must escape to prevent a war between the white and the red man.

[Julien V · Rating 1 out of 5]

The ending sucked (and thanks for the bigoted portrayal of the French). Besides that, lots of bullshit mysticism. The art wasn't really good, especially during the 'action' scenes.