Gatefather, Orson Scott Card
Gatefather, Orson Scott Card
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Gatefather

Author: Orson Scott Card

Narrator: Orson Scott Card, Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2015


Synopsis

The much-anticipated third installment in Card’s New York Times bestselling Mithermages seriesDanny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly two thousand 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. 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 it was decided that 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, along with the Gate Mage who created it, 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.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card, a New York Times bestselling author, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Emily Janice Card

Emily Janice Card (a.k.a. Emily Rankin) is an actor, writer, and singer. In addition to being a narrator, she has directed numerous audiobooks, including the 2007 Audie and Earphones Award winner Hubris, Legacy of Ashes by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, and Them by Nathan McCall. Her own audiobook narration has won her four Earphones Awards.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew

Meh. I loved book 1, liked book 2, and had to just push through book 3....but that's how all of OSC's series read to me. I loved Ender, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead...the rest, meh. I loved the first two of the Pathfinder series...the rest, meh. If you've been through the first 2 of these......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

I wanted to like this more. I'm not saying I didn't like it because I actually did. I just wanted to like it more. So what was good? The ideas! The direction the magic took was rather cool and I would have loved to play in this world for a lot longer, but the focus came down rather heavily upon indiv......more

Goodreads review by Mukta

I'm so glad this trilogy is over. I think I have to stop reading OSC books. Like the Pathfinder trilogy, this one started on an amazing note and got worse with each page thereafter. Now that I am trying to write a review, I am not even sure anything happened. Danny has Set inside of him and he is try......more

Goodreads review by Mtm

I enjoyed the first two books and was really looking forward to this one. The families all got their superpowers, Danny got possessed and gives his gates to Wad, Bexoi gets possessed...I was looking forward to some real action. And what a disappointment! The pace of the story is terribly slow. The fo......more

Goodreads review by The

Having grown up on OSC, I've been surprised by the last few novels of his that I've read. For those who don't know much about the Mither Mage series, this is the third and final book in a trilogy about brilliant kids, (it is an OSC novel afterall), Norse gods living on earth, magery, including som......more