Stonefather, Orson Scott Card
Stonefather, Orson Scott Card
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Stonefather

Author: Orson Scott Card

Narrator: Emily Janice Card; Directed by Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 3 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

When Runnel leaves his mountain valley to head for the great city of the water mages, he has no idea of his own magical talents. But he soon finds that without meaning to, he complicates and then endangers the lives of everyone he comes to know and care about. For when it comes to magic, there are rules and laws, and the untrained magetobe must be careful not to tap into deep forces and ancient enmities. Otherwise, other people might end up paying the price for his mistakes.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cale

Sometimes it's hard to separate an author from his works. I'm not a big fan of Card's beliefs and statements in public. But you know what? He's an amazing writer and world builder. This novella is testament to that - in a little over 100 pages he has created a fascinating new world that stands apart......more

Pretty good "little" book. This is a short one I got through in one sitting last night. This is (if you've read both) obviously the "proto-The Lost Gate" (The Lost Gate). There are some differences, here people are simply refereed to as mages and we get an intro level look at the "magic system". The......more

Goodreads review by Jay

This was an entertaining introduction into Card's new universe for this series. However, the story felt modified to fit a need. The first 2/3 of the story is an interesting narrative, eventful, introducing characters and situations and world logic, and it frankly had an obvious ending that would lea......more

Absolutely lovely, and way too short. I wish he had made Runnel's story into a full series. I'd read that in a heartbeat.......more

Great concept, good story. Somewhat underdeveloped because it is so short. But there’s a lot of potential and more books in the series. Definitely intriguing enough to continue reading the series.......more