Heartfire (Book 5 Of The Tales Of Alvin Maker)

Description:
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 by 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 that path to peace. Look out for more information on this and other Orbit titles on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Review:
'The most important work of American fantasy since Stephen Donaldson's original Thomas Covenant trilogy.' CHICAGO SUN-TIMES 'History, legend, magic, dreams: Card stirs them into a rich brew with a remarkably authentic flavour' LOCUS

Author Biography:
Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with his wife and three children in the US.

From Wikipedia : Awards

The ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contributions to young adult literature". Card won the annual award in 2008, citing Ender's Game (1985), which inaugurated the science fiction Ender Saga, and Ender's Shadow (1999), the so-called parallel novel featuring another boy in the Battle School. According to the citation, the two boys' "experiences echo those of teens, beginning as children navigating in an adult world and growing into a state of greater awareness of themselves, their communities and the larger universe."[28] In the same year, Card won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Mormon writers (Whitney Awards).[68]

He has also won numerous awards for single works.
1978 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from the World Science Fiction Convention, citing the "Ender's Game" novelette
1981 Songmaster: Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award, 1981
1984 Saints: Book of the Year by the Association for Mormon Letters[69]
1985 Ender's Game: Nebula Award, 1985;[8] Hugo Award, 1986;[6] Hamilton-Brackett Award, 1986; SF Chronicle Readers Poll, 1986
1986 Speaker for the Dead; Nebula Award, 1986,[6] Hugo Award, 1987;[7] Locus Award, 1987;[6] SF Chronicle Readers Poll Award 87
1987 "Eye for Eye": Hugo Award, 1988; "Japanese Hugo". 1989
1987 "Hatrack River": Nebula nominee, 1986, Hugo nominee, 1987, World Fantasy Award winner, 1987
1988 Seventh Son: Hugo and WFA nominee, 1988;[70] Mythopoeic Society Award 1988; Locus Award winner, 1988[70]
1989 Red Prophet: Hugo nominee, 1988;[70] Nebula Nominee, 1989;[71] Locus winner, 1989[71]
1991 How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Writer's Digest Books, 90): Hugo Award
1995 Alvin Journeyman: Locus Award winner, 1996[72]