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The first book in Orson Scott Card's series The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son is about Alvin Miller, his father's seventh son. For a fuller explanation of the world of Seventh Son, see The Tales of Alvin Maker.Since his father was his grandfather's own seventh son, and seventh sons are known to have extraordinary "knacks" (specific magical abilities), young Alvin is extremely powerful. His abilities make him the target of the Unmaker, who recognizes Alvin's powers as those of a Maker - a wizard of sorts. The Unmaker works largely through water, trying to kill Alvin in his early years.
While still in the womb, the Unmaker, acting through the Hatrack River, tries to kill Alvin, but he is saved by his brother Vigor. In the act, Vigor is severely wounded. He clings to life while help arrives, then dies after Alvin is born. The help was despatched at the insistance of five-year-old "torch" (mind-reader and fortune-teller) Peggy Guester, who saw Alvin and Alvin's possible future as a Maker with her ability to see even unborn children.
Years later, a seven-year-old Alvin is still avoiding trouble at the hands of the Unmaker when Taleswapper the storyteller arrives in the town his parents founded. The Reverend Philadelphia Thrower, meanwhile, is becoming a tool of the Unmaker. When Alvin is injured by the Unmaker, Taleswapper encourages him to heal himself, and Thrower (acting as a surgeon) attempts to kill the boy, but flees when he finds himself unable to perform the act. Alvin heals himself (with the aid of brother Measure) and is apprenticed to a smith in the town on the Hatrack River where he was born.
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