Gatefather: A Novel of the Mither Mages
Oct 2015 · Mither Mages Book 3 · Tor Books
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In Gatefather, the third installment in the Mither Mages series, New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth.
Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. Families of Westil in exile on Earth have had a treaty that required 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. But a Gate Mage, one who could build a Great Gate back to Westil, would give his own Family a terrible advantage over all the others, and reignite the wars. So they all had to die. And if the Families didn't kill them, the Gate Thief would-that mysterious Mage who destroyed every Great Gate, and the Gate Mage, before it could be opened between Earth and Westil.
But Danny survived. And Danny battled the Gate Thief, and won.
What he didn't know at the time was that the Gate Thief had a very good reason for closing the Great Gates-and Danny has now fallen into the power of that great enemy of both Earth and Westil.
The Mither Mages series
The Lost Gate
The Gate Thief
Gatefather
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. Families of Westil in exile on Earth have had a treaty that required 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. But a Gate Mage, one who could build a Great Gate back to Westil, would give his own Family a terrible advantage over all the others, and reignite the wars. So they all had to die. And if the Families didn't kill them, the Gate Thief would-that mysterious Mage who destroyed every Great Gate, and the Gate Mage, before it could be opened between Earth and Westil.
But Danny survived. And Danny battled the Gate Thief, and won.
What he didn't know at the time was that the Gate Thief had a very good reason for closing the Great Gates-and Danny has now fallen into the power of that great enemy of both Earth and Westil.
The Mither Mages series
The Lost Gate
The Gate Thief
Gatefather
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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3.9
158 reviews
Jesse Sawyer
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November 12, 2015
Much like the last few books of the Ender series, this book is just a backdrop for pedantic speeches about his ideas of morality. There is hardly any action or actual plot progression. It's just a series of scenes in which the characters stand in differing locations and hold long, stilted dialogues about right and wrong. When the plot actually advances, it does so as an afterthought. Often in one, uninspired sentence that is almost overlooked. I only gave it three stars because I like the premise.
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3 Daoist
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November 23, 2015
I felt obligated to finish this book in order to finish the series. The reviews I read before reading the book are dead on. The whole book consists of many dialogs that are only mildly entertaining at best. The series started out strong and exciting with the first novel but spiraled downward from there. By the end of the book I was in a hurry to finish it so I could move on to some other book. I have like many of OSC's other novels but this is definitely not his best work.
Paul Stahmer
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November 19, 2015
Disappointing, previous two were much better. If you read some of the 1-3 star reviews here they pretty much say it all. Lots of speeches with only a couple real events. If you've heard of "show don't tell" as a storytelling device, this is the opposite. It's also way too corny for most of the last third.
About the author
ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the international bestsellers Shadow of the Giant, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Ender's Shadow, and of the beloved classic of science fiction, Ender's Game, as well as the acclaimed fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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