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.
Key facts about The Crystal City
Orson Scott Card wrote The Crystal City, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2003. The book has 353 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780606312431 to find the main one.
The Crystal City is book 6 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
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