Tales of Alvin Maker · Book 6
The Crystal City
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 353
- ISBN-13
- 9780606312431
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Crystal City arrived in 2003, five years after Heartfire, pushing Alvin toward the legendary city-building ambition that gives the series its title. It runs 353 pages and was, for over two decades, the series' last published volume.
Its place in Tales of Alvin Maker
The Crystal City is book 6 in the Tales of Alvin Maker series. It follows Heartfire. It is followed by Master 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 9780606312431