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Speaker for the Dead
Book 2 of the Ender Saga
Series: Ender Saga
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The Hugo and Nebula award-winning sequel to the classic science fiction novel ENDER'S GAME - soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Harrison Ford
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Three thousand planet-bound years have passed while Ender the star-traveller remains young. In that time, his name has become anathema, for he is the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings. No other has been found—until Lusitania is discovered.
The young race there offers mankind a chance to redeem the previous destruction. The only humans allowed near are trained xenobiologists. But once again, there are tragic misunderstandings. And when Ender, as Andrew Wiggin, is called to Lusitania to speak for the dead— to present to the community the terrible truth of why men have been killed by aliens—his actions can, and will, reverberate through an entire galactic empire.
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Speaker for the Dead
Three thousand planet-bound years have passed while Ender the star-traveller remains young. In that time, his name has become anathema, for he is the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings. No other has been found—until Lusitania is discovered. The young race there offers mankind a chance to redeem the previous destruction. The only humans allowed near...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Xenocide by Orson Scott Card tells the story of Ender and Valentine Wiggin, brother and sister whose lives have shaped history. Valentine is 'Demosthenes', whose subversive, incendiary writings fight the monstrous power of Starways Congress, masters of the Hundred Worlds. And Ender... As a child, Ender commanded a warfleet that wiped out a planet. The triumph of his life could...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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At first, Ender believed that they would bring him back to Earth as soon as things quieted down. But things were quiet now, had been quiet for a year, and it was plain to him now that they would not bring him back at all, that he was much more useful as a name and a story than he would...PaperbackSold Out
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Speaker for the Dead, less brash than its predecessor, may actually be the superior book. Analog describes it as a must-read, while Library Journal highlights its compassionate storytelling and keen insight, recommending it as a powerful sequel to Ender's Game.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780356501857
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 May 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orbit
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with his wife and children in the US.
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