August 23, 2011
This is the first book of The Tales of Alvin Maker series by Ender’s Game novelist Orson Scott Card. If you were intrigued by the question of how British history would be different if magic abounded, depicted in the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, you’ll love this look at the post-1776 “United States.” The second book, Red Prophet, is on my nightstand now. I’m enjoying it even more than the first book and I’ve already purchased the third!—David Ash, Haiku for Wine Lovers