Tales of Alvin Maker (Audio): Heartfire: Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 5 (Audiobook)

from justine

Card makes a fantastic alternative to early american history

from laileana

Come live in an America that might have been. Where everyday people used hexes and charms in their homes and lives. Where a slave turned into a bird and flew to freedom with infant in her arms. Where Red men created a powerful magic with the sacrifice of their lives and in doing so created a barr...

from HippieLunatic

Heartfire was one of the quicker reads in the series for me, and while I enjoyed it immensely (as I do almost everything I've ever read by Card) it felt a bit too forced for me in parts. I realize that there is an end goal that Alvin Smith is attempting to reach, and each main character also has ...

from delta351

This story presents an interesting juxtaposition of witchcraft trials in the North, and the evils of slavery in the South.

from RRLevering

Card seems to drag this series out in this fifth installment of the Alvin Maker story. I love the main ideas of this series and yes, I read them all. As they progress, however, they seem to be less and less about telling a story and more and more about forcing characters through a weak plot in or...