Card has the ability to narrate across genres since I've never heard her before, but her voice is a great match for this magical story. Card is the author of Lost Boys and the popular Ender series. Orson Scott Card's daughter, Emily Janice Card, narrates Stonefather beautifully. Widely acclaimed best-selling author Orson Scott Card offers up a delightfully funny and supernatural story that delivers the ultimate dysfunctional family. View all » About the author (2011) Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. This is a really well-done blend of standard fairy tale tropes with an interesting magical system and concludes with a great moral and a very satisfying ending. Pathfinder Orson Scott Card No preview available - 2010.

The prose is beautiful and the character development surprisingly detailed considering the short length of the story. Children of the Mind Another beautiful signed leather edition Now Available from Easton Press Also available from Easton Press Enders Game Ender's Shadow Speaker For The Dead Xenocide Eight Master Classes on the art and business of science fiction writing. I was surprised at how effortlessly Card was able to map out the basics of the magical system of the Mithermages in this one short book so that the listener quickly connects with the plot and the characters. This is Orson Scott Card at his finest not so much a standard coming-of-age story (no sexual angst in this), but more a tale of finding your identity and being true to your own soul.

No matter, Stonefather is a totally stand alone story set in the Mithermages land of Westil and I recommend it without hesitation to anyone who enjoys a good fairy tale/allegory whether or not you read the series. Although Stonefather was originally published before the Mithermages series began to give readers a taste of that new series, I did not pick up Stonefather until after I had read both books 1 & 2 of the Mithermages.

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