Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Orson Scott Card, whose latest novel is Lost And Found to be released tomorrow by Blackstone.

Mr. Card needs no introduction but as is my wont, I will give one anyway.

Nobody had won the Hugo and Nebula awards for two novels two years ago until Orson did. For Ender’s Game and Speaker For The Dead and the third of the Enders book Xenocide was just as good as the others and I read each the day that they were released.

And of course Ender didn’t end there.

And so many other books, including the Homecoming Saga and The Tales of Alvin Maker

Lost And Found is a bit of a departure, at least to me, from the other books that I have read by Orson. Ezekiel, (not Zeke) Bliss or Blast (as he prefers) is not a thief. But he finds any number of things and knows who belongs to those things.

His good friend (and good in many senses) is Beth, who as Ezekiel does—-has a micro power, and we all may have micro powers. He has friends who also have varied micro-powers. Not X-men powers, but powers that at first blush seem to be parodies of powers. As we read on, we realize that those tiny powers can make the earth move, can solve crimes, can bring people together.
The book appeals to kids and adults alike as do many of Orson’s work and I mean that as a high compliment.

This book has a great sense of humor, of imagination and intrigue. I loved it and it will be displayed in a special place in my bookstore.