Le septième fils
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782070415748 (2070415740)
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: Folio SF
Pages no: 356
Edition language: French
Series: Tales of Alvin Maker (#1)
I usually don't read fantasy novels because they come in a series and I do not get a sense of completion after each book. Not only that but I am bogged down with information I feel that I didn't need to know. But not with this book. Not only was I interested in the characters and the alternate reali...
This is a fantasy set in an alternate history America--which is part of what makes it so fun. OK, a lot of what makes it so fun. Things seem to have split off from our Timeline at the time of the English Civil War. There's a Lord Protector and Crown Colonies in 1800--but also an American Compact. Be...
The Alvin that starts this novel, isn't the eponymous Alvin. The novel starts with Alvin Miller – a father moving west with his family. Moving west to start a new life with his family. His wife, Faith, and his (many) sons and daughters. Faith is heavily pregnant with their seventh son – which connec...
Too bad it wasn't only from one point-of-view...
The first volume in a fantasy retelling of the life of Mormon founder Joseph Smith set in a 19th century American frontier in which folk-magic is real. It can be enjoyed as a fantasy novel with a unique setting, while ignoring the Mormon parallels; much like Battlestar Galactica.
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