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Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Cover of Speaker for the Dead

Published 1986 by Tor Books · 415 pages

Hugo Winner 1987Nebula Winner 1987
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Three thousand years after the events of Ender's Game, Andrew Wiggin travels to the planet Lusitania as a Speaker for the Dead to unravel the mystery behind a xenologist's brutal murder by the pequeninos, the only other sentient alien species humanity has discovered. As Ender investigates, he uncovers painful family secrets and faces the challenge of bridging understanding between two radically different civilizations.

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Series

Ender's Game #2

Author Nationality

US

ISBN

9780312937386

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