Mither Mages · Book 2

The Gate Thief

by Orson Scott Card

Published
19 March 2013
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781429947039
Type
novel

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About this book

The Gate Thief followed on March 19, 2013, matching Gatefather's length at 400 pages as Danny discovers he's inherited a millennium's worth of stolen magical power.

Its place in Mither Mages

The Gate Thief is book 2 in the Mither Mages series. It follows The Lost Gate. It is followed by Gatefather. See the full Mither Mages reading order.

Danny North is the only powerless member of a hidden family of minor gods -- descendants of Norse, Greek, and other mythological pantheons, each holding a fragment of real magical power -- who discovers as a teenager that he isn't powerless at all, but something his family has hunted and killed on sight for generations: a gatemage, capable of opening portals between worlds, a power so dangerous it toppled ancient civilizations the last time it existed unchecked. The Lost Gate (2011) follows Danny going on the run…

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