Cover of Speaker for the Dead

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card
one star
genreSci-Fi
seriesEnder's Game, Enderverse
reviewedjul 02 2008

I kept hoping this book would get better. It never did.

publisher’s summary
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: the Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. But again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth. Orson Scott Card infuses this tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious, and cultural contexts.

This, the author's definitive edition of the sequel to Ender's Game, also includes an original postscript written and recorded by the author himself, Orson Scott Card!.

filed under ... sci-fi... ender's game...enderverse...

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