The Lost Gate
- 385
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Lost Gate” opens the “Mither Mages” trilogy with a quick-moving tale of a boy who discovers a magic he must hide. Danny North is raised among mages believing he has no gift, and is treated as worthless for it; the talent he finally finds is one that gets its bearers killed. Some readers praise the story above all. A good choice for anyone drawn to old gods living on as families of mages.
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About the book
The Lost Gate is a fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card, the first novel in the Mither Mages trilogy. The second novel is The Gate Thief and the third one is Gatefather.
Reading order · Mither Mages
Full order & progress →- The Lost GateThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Gate Thief
7.87.8 / 10 - Gatefather
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 168 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 16 | 10% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 14 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 138 | 82% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Lost Gate?
It has 385 pages — shorter than 80% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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