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Red Prophet (1988) is an alternate history/fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 novel by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an United States author, critic and public speaking. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction....
. It is the second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker
The Tales of Alvin Maker

The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of novels by Orson Scott Card that revolve around the experiences of a young man, Alvin Miller, who discovers he has incredible powers for creating and shaping things around him....
 series and is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US ....
. Red Prophet was nominated for the Nebula Award
Nebula Award

The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years ....
 for Best Novel in 1988 and the Hugo Award
Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories....
 for Best Novel in 1989.

second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker
The Tales of Alvin Maker

The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of novels by Orson Scott Card that revolve around the experiences of a young man, Alvin Miller, who discovers he has incredible powers for creating and shaping things around him....
 series, Red Prophet is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US ....
 (with all the special powers that conveys in Card's fantasy world), Lolla-Wossiky, a troubled whisky "Red" who has reformed and grown into the "Prophet" Tenskwa-Tawa
Tenskwatawa

Tenskwatawa, was a Native Americans in the United States religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as The Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet....
, and Ta-Kumsaw
Tecumseh

Tecumseh , also Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a famous Native Americans in the United States leader of the Shawnee. He spent much of his life attempting to rally various native American tribes in a mutual defense of their lands, which eventually led to his death in the War of 1812....
, Lolla-Wossiky's older brother.

While it is a self-contained story, the book continues and develops many of the themes touched on in the first book.






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Red Prophet (1988) is an alternate history/fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 novel by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an United States author, critic and public speaking. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction....
. It is the second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker
The Tales of Alvin Maker

The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of novels by Orson Scott Card that revolve around the experiences of a young man, Alvin Miller, who discovers he has incredible powers for creating and shaping things around him....
 series and is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US ....
. Red Prophet was nominated for the Nebula Award
Nebula Award

The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years ....
 for Best Novel in 1988 and the Hugo Award
Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories....
 for Best Novel in 1989.

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The second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker
The Tales of Alvin Maker

The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of novels by Orson Scott Card that revolve around the experiences of a young man, Alvin Miller, who discovers he has incredible powers for creating and shaping things around him....
 series, Red Prophet is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US ....
 (with all the special powers that conveys in Card's fantasy world), Lolla-Wossiky, a troubled whisky "Red" who has reformed and grown into the "Prophet" Tenskwa-Tawa
Tenskwatawa

Tenskwatawa, was a Native Americans in the United States religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as The Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet....
, and Ta-Kumsaw
Tecumseh

Tecumseh , also Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a famous Native Americans in the United States leader of the Shawnee. He spent much of his life attempting to rally various native American tribes in a mutual defense of their lands, which eventually led to his death in the War of 1812....
, Lolla-Wossiky's older brother.

While it is a self-contained story, the book continues and develops many of the themes touched on in the first book. When Alvin Miller and his older brother Measure travel to the place of his birth (where Alvin is expected to become apprenticed to the Hatrack River blacksmith) the two brothers are captured by 'Reds' (Native Americans) and caught up into a plot with ramifications on the entire future of America involving the Prophet, Ta-Kumsaw, William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office....
, and even Napoleon and La Fayette
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette was a French military officer born in the province of Auvergne in south central France....
.

See also

  • List of works by Orson Scott Card
    List of works by Orson Scott Card

    This is a list of the works of Orson Scott Card. . Orson Scott Card is the author of Ender's Game series and Homecoming Saga among many other works....
  • Orson Scott Card
    Orson Scott Card

    Orson Scott Card is an United States author, critic and public speaking. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction....


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