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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 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. You can sign up for email updates
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BY
ORSON SCOTT CARD
FROM TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES

ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender Series

Ender's Game

Ender in Exile

Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow Series

Ender's Shadow

Shadow of the Hegemon

Shadow Puppets

Shadow of the Giant

Shadows in Flight

The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)

Earth Unaware

Earth Afire

Earth Awakens

Ender Novellas

A War of Gifts

First Meetings

THE MITHERMAGES

The Lost Gate

The Gate Thief

Gatefather

THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER

Seventh Son

Red Prophet

Prentice Alvin

Alvin Journeyman

Heartfire

The Crystal City

HOMECOMING

The Memory of Earth

The Call of Earth

The Ships of Earth

Earthfall

Earthborn

WOMEN OF GENESIS

Sarah

Rebekah

Rachel & Leah

THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION OF
ORSON SCOTT CARD

Maps in a Mirror:
The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

Keeper of Dreams

STAND-ALONE FICTION

Invasive Procedures
(with Aaron Johnston)

Empire

Hidden Empire

The Folk of the Fringe

Hart's Hope

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Saints

Songmaster

Treason

The Worthing Saga

Wyrms

Zanna's Gift

 

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

About the Author

By Orson Scott Card from Tom Doherty Associates

Copyright

 

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

GATEFATHER

Copyright © 2015 by Orson Scott Card

All rights reserved.

Cover art by Getty Images; cover design by FORT

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Card, Orson Scott.

    Gatefather: a novel / Orson Scott Card. — First edition.

            p. cm.

    “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

    ISBN 978-0-7653-2659-1 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4299-5208-8 (e-book)

  1.  Magi—Fiction.   2.  Families—Fiction.   3.  Good and evil—Fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3553.A655G39 2015

    813'.54—dc23

2015028838

e-ISBN 9781429952088

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First Edition: October 2015

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