Speaker For The Dead
Sub-title
Ender's Saga 2
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English
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1986
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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. 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. Nobody had ever won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards two years in a row, until Orson Scott Card received them for Ender's Game and its sequel, Speaker for the Dead, in 1986 and 1987. Card's many SF novels have been translated into several languages. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards 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, and again, humans must die. And only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, has the courage to confront the mystery. And the truth.This is the equally compelling sequel to Card's masterful Ender's Game. A great read., UPI ReviewsLess brash than Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead may be a much better book. Don't miss it., AnalogTold with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel [is] highly recommended., Library JournalThe most powerful work Card has produced. Speaker not only completes Ender's Game, it transcends it., Fantasy Review