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Speaker for the Dead

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki
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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. 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

 Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Thought-Provoking War Portugal
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Critic reviews

“The most powerful work Card has produced. Speaker not only completes Ender's Game, it transcends it.” —Fantasy Review

“The novels of Orson Scott Card's Ender series are an intriguing combination of action, military and political strategy, elaborate war games and psychology.” —USA Today

“A well-presented audio novel, this is one to enjoy with your feet up and a cap of tea or coffee. Don't have any other distractions. The results will be rewarding.” —Stephen Hunt's SFCrowsNest.com
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I enjoyed this book incredibly!
the story itself was as incredible and insitnful and real feeling as ever. I admire the thought prossess that created this story and love the words in which it was told!
It has changed the way I think about people and how to see them and why they do what they do. You can't hate someone if you understand them. This simple idea and prossess created a chin of event in my mind that I think has created a much deeper and detailed way of think. And I love that!
That's one of the many things I learned here.
I look faward to listening to the rest of these stories.

Thinking is beautifuly complex

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Really enjoyed this story. Great listening to different tellers with balanced inflections in their voices. Thought provoking, yet fun.

Best book yet...

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amazing story and gripping. love the series of ender. so much detail its like your there with them.

could listen to this over and over again.

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I love this whole series. The second book is as always wonderfully narrated. This book is quite different from the first, and that is a good thing. The author isn't being lazy and looking at the same questions over and over again. This, as it happens, is true for most of his books.

Changes the gears for the series (still great!)

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Found a bit slow to start with, but got into stride after a while. Loved the piggies narration, well written.

Interesting read

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