Red Prophet

1988 novel by Orson Scott Card

Red Prophet (1988) is an alternate history/fantasy book by Orson Scott Card. It is the second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son. Red Prophet was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1988 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1989.

Red Prophet
AuthorOrson Scott Card
IllustratorDennis Nolan
Cover artistDennis Nolan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Tales of Alvin Maker
GenreFantasy, alternate history
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
1988
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages311 pp added locus award to infobox.
AwardLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1989)
ISBN0-312-93043-7
OCLC16871980
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3553.A655 R43 1988
Preceded bySeventh Son 
Followed byPrentice Alvin 

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The second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series, Red Prophet is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son, which gives him magical powers; Lolla-Wossiky; Tenskwa-Tawa; and Ta-Kumsaw, Lolla-Wossiky's older brother.

It is a separate story, but the book continues and develops many of the themes shown in the first book. When Alvin Miller and his older brother Measure go to the place of his birth, where Alvin is supposed to become apprenticed to the Hattrack River blacksmith, the two brothers are captured by "Reds" (Native Americans) and are brought into a plot with the possibilities to affect the entire future of America.

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