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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · July 6, 2021

Space OperaAlien ContactMilitary Sci-FiScience Fiction
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Who it’s for
Readers interested in alien encounters and the mysteries surrounding them
Themes
Alien contact, Truth and mystery, Human-alien conflict
Genres
Alien Contact, Space Opera, Military Sci-Fi

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About this book

Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel. 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, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die.

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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. THE 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 Children of the Fleet The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) The Swarm /The Hive Ender novellas A War of Gifts /First Meetings

Where it sits

Space Opera75%
Alien Contact50%
Military Sci-Fi34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Space Opera
  • Military Sci-Fi
Authors
Orson Scott Card
Publisher
Tor/Forge
Published
July 6, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Alien contact · Truth and mystery · Human-alien conflict
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure