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Book Review of Seventh Son (Alvin Maker, Bk 1)

Seventh Son (Alvin Maker, Bk 1)
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If you enjoy either fantasy/sci-fi, alternate history, then this book is perfect for you. The story takes place in the alternate history-American colonies where everyone is gifted at birth with a special and sometimes magical talent referred to as a "knack." All throughout the story there exists a struggle between those who freely use their knacks as natural gifts from God, and those who see the knacks as witchcraft that should be abolished: a continual struggle between the perceived notions of what is "good" and what is "evil."