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Orson Scott Card's The Lost Gate is the first book in the Mithermages series from the New York Times bestselling author of Ender's Game. Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an outself. He grew up in the rambling old house, filled with dozens of cousins, and aunts and uncles, all ruled by his father. Their home was isolated in the mountains of western Virginia, far from town, far from schools, far from other people. There are many secrets in the House, and many rules that Danny must follow. There is a secret library with only a few dozen books, and none of them in English — but Danny and his cousins are expected to become fluent in the language of the books. While Danny's cousins are free to create magic whenever they like, they must never do it where outsiders might see. Unfortunately, there are some secrets kept from Danny as well. And that will lead to disaster for the North family. The Mithermages 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 primary books5 released booksMither Mages is a 5-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by Orson Scott Card.
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This is a very interesting and creative story very true to Orson Scott Card's writing style.
Card might hold some bad ideas personally, but he really can tell a fun story from time to time.
This book is really fun and exciting. I very much enjoyed the magic system he came up with for this. And I really love the Danny character because he doesn't constantly make stupid decisions. He acknowledges when he messes up and tries to fix it and doesn't spend time being loyal to people who aren't loyal to him.
Very excited about book #2 in this series, which is already available through the library!
Short review: This is the best book I have read by Card in a while. He almost always writes about young boys/teens. Card seems to have a special gift at that. This is a modern fantasy that explains the gods of the ancient world. The magic has been diminishing for a while because the gates to the other world where cut off by Loki (the Norse god) about 1400 years ago.
Danny has the power to restore the gate, but the Mages are not sure that it should be restored. So he is on the run, being encouraged by a few and hunted by the rest.
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The Lost Gate trilogy features a compelling magic system (“gates”) to propel a story about feuding descendants of mythological gods.