Treasure Box

Treasure Box (1996) is the second horror novel by Orson Scott Card. It takes place in modern-day America.

Treasure Box
First edition
Author	Orson Scott Card
Cover artist	Neal McPheeters
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	1996
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	310 pp
ISBN	0-06-017654-7
OCLC	34514898
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3553.A655 T75 1996

Plot introduction

The plot details a middle-aged man, Quentin Fears (pronounced "fierce"), who marries a woman who turns out to be from a strange family. The story unfolds as Quentin tries to stop a witch in the family from unleashing a great evil upon the world.

Influences

As many of Card's other literature, a Christian/Mormon influence is present in this book.

Reception

Publishers Weekly complimented the plot and characters.[1] Kirkus Reviews also cited strong characterization, but said the plot was neither realistic nor surprising.[2]

References

"Treasure Box". Publishers Weekly. 1996. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Treasure Box". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 1996. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

External links

About the novel Treasure Box from Card's website

Works by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game series

Books

Ender Series	Ender's Game (1985) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Xenocide (1991) Children of the Mind (1996) Ender in Exile (2008)
Shadow Saga	Ender's Shadow (1999) Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) Shadow Puppets (2002) Shadow of the Giant (2005) Shadows in Flight (2012) The Last Shadow (TBA)
Formic Wars	Earth Unaware (2012) Earth Afire (2013) Earth Awakens (2014) The Swarm (2016) The Hive (2019) The Queens (TBA)
First Meetings (2002) A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (2007) Children of the Fleet (2017)

Short stories

Other media

Comics
Film

Characters

The Tales of Alvin Maker
Books	Seventh Son (1987) Red Prophet (1988) Prentice Alvin (1989) Alvin Journeyman (1995) Heartfire (1998) The Crystal City (2003)
Other media	"Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" (poem, 1989) Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker (comic book, 2006)

The Worthing series
Books	Capitol (1979) Hot Sleep (1979) The Worthing Chronicle (1983) The Worthing Saga (1990)
Short stories	"A Sleep and a Forgetting" "A Thousand Deaths" "Skipping Stones" " Second Chance" "Lifeloop" "Breaking the Game" "Burning" "Killing Children" "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" "When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?" "The Stars That Blink" "Worthing Farm" "Worthing Inn" "The Tinker"

Other works
Homecoming Saga	The Memory of Earth (1992) The Call of Earth (1992) The Ships of Earth (1994) Earthfall (1995) Earthborn (1995)
Women of Genesis	Sarah (2000) Rebekah (2001) Rachel and Leah (2004) The Wives of Israel (TBA)
Mithermages series	Sandmagic (1979) Stonefather (2008) The Lost Gate (2011) The Gate Thief (2013) Gatefather (2015)
Mayflower series	Lovelock (1994) Rasputin (TBA)
The Empire duet	Empire (2006) Hidden Empire (2009)
The Pathfinder series	Pathfinder (2010) Ruins (2012) Visitors (2014)
Standalone novels	A Planet Called Treason (1979) Songmaster (1980) Hart's Hope (1983) Saints (1984) Wyrms (1987) Treason (1988) The Abyss (1989) Lost Boys (1992) Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996) Treasure Box (1996) Stone Tables (1997) Homebody (1998) Enchantment (1999) Magic Street (2005) Invasive Procedures (2007) Bully and the Beast (TBA)
Story collections	Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (1980) Cardography (1987) The Folk of the Fringe (1989) Maps in a Mirror (1990) Keeper of Dreams (2008)
Other works	Listen, Mom and Dad (1977) Ainge (1981) Saintspeak (1981) Eye for Eye (1990) Magic Mirror (1999) Robota (2003) An Open Book (2004) Ultimate Iron Man (2005) Hamlet's Father (2011) Advent Rising (2005) The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) Loom (1990) The Dig (1995) Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show Stories of Strength (2005)

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