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Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person's heart. She can follow the paths of each person's future, and know each person's most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin Maker's birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him. Now they are married, and Peggy is a part of Alvin's heart as well as his life. But Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft and their use is punished with death. Peggy has been drawn south, to the British Crown Colonies and the court of King Arthur Stuart in exile. For she has seen a terrible future bloom in the heartfires of every person in America, a future of war and destruction. One slender path exists that leads through the bloodshed, and it is Peggy's quest to set the world on the path to peace.… (more)
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In addition, there are blatant reflections of an Atlas Shrugged theme of the main character collecting "special" people to form a better society that promotes individual talent. Alvin also tends to make speeches in a similar, albeit less wordy way, as Mr. Galt. Maybe Card should get together with Goodkind (an even more obvious objectivist) and they can start a little Ayn Rand fantasy club. :) Like I say about Goodkind's novels - I don't mind objectivism as a philosophy, I just don't want my books with hidden agendas. When all the good characters have one way of looking at the world and all of the bad characters have an opposing philosophy, it has gone beyond characterization and the author's views are now corrupting the story.
As harsh as this seems, Card is obviously a good writer and he writes a book that I like to read. He may make a bunch of decisions in the story that I disagree with, but the book does flow well and after I got past my eye-rolling I didn't have problems finishing it.
That is not to say that I am not fully wrapped up in each goal. I want to know how the slavery issue is finalized. I was ecstatic to see the path of witch trials in Card's alternate reality. I am, of course, interested in what needs to happen to make Crystal City a reality. Does Calvin learn his lesson?
But even for a series of books, this number of goals seems too high. My attention is shifted over and over. Perhaps, deep down, I want as many Card books on my shelf as possible. I want a series for each goal... or at least a stand alone book for each.
Yes and no.
Yes, the story actually moves the overall plot arc forward a bit. But it also suffers from the same criticism I head of "Alvin
I get it, already....Calvin is jealous of Alvin. The two are mirrors of each other, working toward an upcoming conflict that, quite frankly, I wish would just get here already so we could move on
In the 5th volume, 'Heartfire' Alvin marries Peggy, the schoolteacher. All I have