Prentice Alvin
Tales of Alvin Maker • Book 3
Narrated by full cast
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
A full cast brings frontier America's mythic alternate history to life in ways a single narrator simply can't.
- Great if you want: Americana folklore fused with coming-of-age fantasy
- Listening experience: measured and patient — rewards listeners who settle in
- Narration: distinct voices per character make the ensemble format shine
- Skip if: you're new to the series — start with book one
About This Audiobook
Young Alvin returns to Hatrack River to apprentice under Makepeace Smith, trading seven years of labor for the skills of blacksmithing and, he hopes, the knowledge to understand and control his own Maker's gift. Orson Scott Card's alternate-history America is one in which certain individuals carry powerful natural talents, and Alvin's is the rarest and most dangerous. Prentice Alvin introduces the woman who will become central to his fate and the forces already working to destroy him before he understands what he is.
The full-cast production gives the Tales of Alvin Maker a theatrical dimension that suits Card's folkloric style. Multiple voices bring the ensemble of Hatrack River to life with a warmth and personality that single-narrator productions of the series cannot match. At nearly fourteen hours, Prentice Alvin is the series entry that feels most like a complete novel in its own right, anchored by relationships that develop fully within its own scope.
