Red Prophet
- Published
- 1 January 1988
- Pages
- 311
- ISBN-13
- 9780812524260
- Type
- novel
About this book
Red Prophet followed a year later, in 1988, widening the series from Alvin's personal survival into the frontier's clashes over land and expansion. Growing to 311 pages, it's longer than the series opener.
Key facts about Red Prophet
Red Prophet is a novel by Orson Scott Card. Readers have had it since 1988. It runs to 311 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Red Prophet. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812524260 to find the main one.
Red Prophet is book 2 of 7 in the Tales of Alvin Maker series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with Seventh Son (1987). Master Alvin is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 28 April 2026.
Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Ender's Game, Homecoming Saga and Ender's Shadow, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.
About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.
Its place in Tales of Alvin Maker
Red Prophet is book 2 in the Tales of Alvin Maker series. It follows Seventh Son. It is followed by Prentice Alvin. See the full Tales of Alvin Maker reading order.
Set in an alternate frontier America where folk magic genuinely works, the Tales of Alvin Maker follows Alvin, a seventh son of a seventh son born with the rare gift of 'making' -- an intuitive power to shape and heal matter itself -- who is marked from birth as the target of an implacable supernatural enemy, the Unmaker, that wants him dead before he can grow into his full power. Card reimagines the early 19th-century United States (called here by different names, with historical figures appearing in altered…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780812524260