Heartfire
7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1063 ratingsConfidence 30%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- 350
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
Part of a seriesThe Tales of Alvin MakerVolume 5 of 7
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About the book
Heartfire (1998) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It is the fifth book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son. Heartfire was nominated for the Locus Award in 1999.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 63 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 30% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 7.0 | 6 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 57 | 91% |
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How long is Heartfire?
It has 350 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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