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Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggins Saga, Bk 2)
Speaker for the Dead - Ender Wiggins Saga, Bk 2 Author:Orson Scott Card This edition of the New York Times bestseller is the direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game from Orson Scott Card, winner of the Nebula and Hugo 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 seco... more »nd 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.« less
Hard to understand in places. Concept of aging and space travel more of a dicotomy than usual sci fi books. But the story and characters come through and make it hard to put down.