and assists him in making an ethical decision that will shape his life forever. On his journey, he meets Alvin Miller Jr. Lolla-Wossiky, a troubled, one-eyed, whiskey drinking "Red", leaves General Harrison's fort and heads north in order to find his "dream beast", the spirit that can save him from the pain of his memories. The characters are caught up in a plot with ramifications on the entire future of America involving alternate versions of Tenskwa-Tawa (the "prophet"), Ta-Kumsaw, William Henry Harrison, and even Napoleon and La Fayette. The book takes place in an alternate version of America where people have special abilities known as "knacks". Red Prophet won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1989, was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1988, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1989. It is the second book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son. Red Prophet (1988) is an alternate history/ fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card.
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