Speaker for the Dead
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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.
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
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While it took me some time to get into the book, I was rewarded with a really interesting story and the most perfect ending. The book deals with a grown Ender getting involved with two central conflicts, one with a broken family dealing with its trauma and one about human and alien contact and communication. Both are multilayered and involve fascinating and unique characters, plus we also get to see how Ender has dealt with, and in some way is still struggling with, his own past. However, apart from him being our main character, this doesn’t really feel like a sequel to Enders Game. It is a totally different book, be it regarding the story, the pacing, the way emotions are conveyed… While for me Enders Game was the more powerful book by far, I don’t mind going in a different direction here. The beginning was incredibly slow and I felt a slight detachment throughout most of the book, but apart from that it´s just a really good book on its own that doesn’t necessarily need to be a sequel.
Characteristics
1 reviews
Mood
Protagonist(s)
Pace
Writing Style
Description
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.
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
Book Information
Posts
While it took me some time to get into the book, I was rewarded with a really interesting story and the most perfect ending. The book deals with a grown Ender getting involved with two central conflicts, one with a broken family dealing with its trauma and one about human and alien contact and communication. Both are multilayered and involve fascinating and unique characters, plus we also get to see how Ender has dealt with, and in some way is still struggling with, his own past. However, apart from him being our main character, this doesn’t really feel like a sequel to Enders Game. It is a totally different book, be it regarding the story, the pacing, the way emotions are conveyed… While for me Enders Game was the more powerful book by far, I don’t mind going in a different direction here. The beginning was incredibly slow and I felt a slight detachment throughout most of the book, but apart from that it´s just a really good book on its own that doesn’t necessarily need to be a sequel.