Red Prophet
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The Ships of Earth
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 731
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 749
With the continuing failure of the Oversoul, the artificially intelligent guardian computer of the planet Harmony, the human colonists have begun to repeat the devastations of war and conquest wrought on Earth. To repair itself and avert disaster, the Oversoul has called a group of 16 refugees from the fallen city of Basilica to a hidden, abandoned spaceport where the ancient starships lie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great series
- By James on 10-26-08
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The Memory of Earth
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,512
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,524
High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet, to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats...to protect them, most of all, from themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than I remember it
- By Sam on 01-14-10
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Visitors
- Pathfinder Series, Book 3
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Emily Rankin, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,047
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,045
Rigg’s journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to love this book
- By Amazon Customer on 12-04-14
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Ruins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,768
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,792
When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh - a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive - but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he can’t yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Huge Card fan left slightly disappointed.
- By Bryant on 11-03-12
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The Call of Earth
- Homecoming: Volume 2
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 823
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Story4 out of 5 stars 836
For millennia, the planet Harmony has been protected by the Oversoul, an artificial intelligence programmed to prevent thoughts of war and conquest from threatening the fragile remnant of Earth's peoples. But as the Oversoul's systems have begun to fail, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The recording issues must have been fixed
- By just me on 04-16-09
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Earthborn
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- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 755
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story4 out of 5 stars 568
High above Earth orbits the starship Basilica. On board the huge vessel is a sleeping woman. Of those who made the journey, Shedemei alone has survived the hundreds of years since the Children of Wetchik returned to Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Last Chapter
- By Richard on 05-30-11
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Pathfinder
- Book 1
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,993
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,123
Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg’s strange talent for seeing the paths of people’s pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him - secrets about Rigg’s own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story OK, Narration Mixed
- By Paul from Washington on 07-28-12
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The Worthing Saga
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4 out of 5 stars 626
It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful, they lived their lives at the rate of one year every 10. Some created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed great plans to be put into motion. It allowed interstellar empires to be built.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Early Work of a Master
- By Lisa on 04-28-05
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The Gate Thief
- Mithermages, Book 2
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Rankin
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,695
Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of 13 centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can’t control him - and they can’t control him; he is far too powerful. On Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless - he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he must still somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North, for when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took responsibility for the Great Gates.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flashes of Great, Ok, and Bad. Overall: Meh.
- By Benjamin on 04-04-13
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Gatefather
- The Mithermages, Book 3
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,084
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,855
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,859
Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2,000 years, or at least the first to survive and claim his power, for families of Westil in exile on Earth have a treaty that requires the death of any suspected Gate Mage. The wars between the families had been terrible until at last they realized it was their own survival in question.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Orson Scott Card has gotten weird... really weird
- By Jeffrey on 10-25-15
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Lost and Found
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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That's the question that has haunted 14-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower - a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If only there were some way to use Ezekiel's micropower for good, to turn a curse into a blessing. His friend Beth thinks there must be, and so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ezekiel and Beth two people I won't soon forget...
- By Paul on 10-12-19
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Stonefather
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Emily Janice Card
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 955
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 772
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 777
When Runnel leaves his mountain valley to head for the great city of the water mages, he has no idea of his own magical talents. But he soon finds that without meaning to, he complicates and then endangers the lives of everyone he comes to know and care about. For when it comes to magic, there are rules and laws, and the untrained mage-to-be must be careful not to tap into deep forces and ancient enmities. Otherwise, other people might end up paying the price for his mistakes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Familiar and unique--a breath of fresh air
- By Scott on 03-10-09
Publisher's Summary
Seventh Son, the first tale of Alvin Maker, introduces us to a pioneer America where magic works, and special talents are utilized in marvelous ways. In Red Prophet, the second installment in the Tales of Alvin Maker, we learn more about those talents, both the minor gifts of white people (starting fires, finding water) or the much grander gifts of the Indians, whose lives are filled with a beautiful green music. Young Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son, is a Maker. Lolla-Wossiky, an Indian whose fate is closely linked with Alvin's, has heard black noise in his head since he watched white men murder his father. Unable to hear the green music he needs to live well, Lolla-Wossiky lives only for the alcohol that stills the black noise - until he meets Alvin.
Critic Reviews
"[S]uperbly demonstrates Card's...mastery of the art of storytelling." (Booklist)
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- Nekus
- 12-06-19
yet again as first in series
I could not get through even a quarter of this audio book. narration is absolutely terrible awful sound quality. not pleased.
osc is a great author I own many books by osc and started building my audio collection. I really wanted this series to be great like the enderverse which Is a great audio series. I am a little saddened by this audio quality and narration. =(
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- Dorothy Kincaid
- 08-16-19
Sound quality is very poor and degraded
This story is great, but the sound on this particular version is very poor and degraded. I had such a difficult time hearing what she was saying that I exchanged it for a different version.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Matthew Heuer
- 07-10-19
recording is terrible
barely started, hoping there's a refund. going to download the other copy as the recording on this is terrible.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Edward N. Britto Jr.
- 06-12-19
Beware: 8bit recording
Really bad audio. Had to return it. Note also that returning will not be easy. Skip this one and go for the Scott Brick narrated one.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Chris
- 10-17-18
good book, bad audio
story is great, but audio is very hard to hear, very muffled and pitchy. I was incredibly disappointed
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Maria Brannan
- 05-09-18
this book is really bad quality.
this book sounds scratchy. It sounds like a bad CD and even skips. get the other one
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Paul
- 11-26-16
Don't buy this version!
Recording is poor. There is a better recording available. Chose this version B000P12J6W instead. Good luck!
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- VaDavid
- 03-01-15
DONT BUY THIS VERSION
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
The audio sounds like someone took a microphone to a cassette deck and recorded it in their basement.
Has Red Prophet turned you off from other books in this genre?
Yes
What didn’t you like about Nana Visitor’s performance?
She has a nice voice - just the recording was AWFUL
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Red Prophet?
Nothing
Any additional comments?
DONT BUY THIS. Get the more modern version.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- agodfrey
- 02-20-15
Terrible Audio
What disappointed you about Red Prophet?
Normally love Orson Scott Card, but I can't get through the story because the audio is muddy. It's difficult to understand. . . I can't tell if it's the recording or the narrator.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I've read the first book in the series and loved it. I was expecting to enjoy this one, but really am having a difficult time getting through the bad recording/narrating.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Kyle
- 01-28-08
Not
OK here's the problem. The sound quality for this book is so bad that I had to strain my ears to understand it. And I still couldn't always understand it. Also, it's abridge. Never buy any Orson Scott Card book that is abridged because they don't abridge well (my mistake, I didn't notice it was abridged before I bought it). The sound quality is 8kbps, lol. That is dreadful. 128kbps is a standard music file. The sad thing is, that's not even the lowest they offer. 4kbps is the lowest. It goes like this:
Level 4 download: 32kbps (that's fine, but only for audio books)
Level 3 download: 16kbps (ok, already they're pushing it)
Level 2 download: 8kbps (this shouldn't even be legal)
Level 1 download: 4kbps (I hope you like white noise)
Now, I think Audible is a great website and I like their good deals, and also love Orson Scott Card's work. But it looks like they're advertising the level 4 download as "CD quality" when it's more like radio quality.
I would have only given it one star, but I gave it 2 since it is an Orson Scott Card book.