Speaker for the Dead: Book 2 of the Ender Saga

Orson Scott Card

Sept 2011 · Hachette UK

About this eBook

'There aren't too many recent sf novels we can confidently call truly moral works, but Speaker for the Dead is one. It's a completely gripping story.' - The Toronto Star

'Achieves and delivers more than almost anything else within the science fiction genre, Ender's Game is a contemporary classic' - New York Times on Ender's Game

A FALLEN HERO - HAUNTED BY HIS PAST, BUT CAN HE CHANGE THE FUTURE?

Ender Wiggin was once considered a great military leader, a saviour for mankind.
But now history judges his destruction of an alien race as monstrous rather than heroic.

In the aftermath of the war, Ender disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story behind the battle with the aliens. Now, years later, a second alien race has been discovered. But again they are strange and frightening - and again, humans are dying.

It is only the Speaker for the Dead, secretly Ender Wiggin, who has the courage to confront the mystery . . . and the truth.

The Hugo and Nebula award-winning sequel to the classic science fiction novel ENDER'S GAME - soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Harrison Ford.

Books by Orson Scott Card:

Alvin Maker novels
Seventh Son
Red Prophet
Prentice Alvin
Alvin Journeyman
Heartfire
The Crystal City

Ender Wiggin Saga
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender in Exile

Homecoming
The Memory of the Earth
The Call of the Earth
The Ships of the Earth
Earthfall
Earthborn

First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware
Earth Afire
Earth Awakens

Ratings and reviews

Will written and somewhat engaging but it is so tenuously linked to Enders Game that doesn't feel like a sequel at all unfortunately. From the first page Ender in this book has little resemblance to the first book, with too little explanation to make it truly believable they are the same character.

Not a fan of sci-fi and I knew it'll be hard to finish this this but was I wrong. Not only did I manage to finish this book early but I also wanted to read the sequel. The title summarizes the contents of the book well, to speak the *truth* for the deceased, instead of fabricating a pure image of him.

A good book and worthy sequel to Ender's Game. Only problem is it seems to have been poorly copied from paper to digital and some words and letters are wrong eg F11 instead of I'll. A very inexpensive proof reader would have fixed this. Hopefully Xenocide is free of this small problem.

About the author

Orson Scott Card is the award-winning author of the Ender saga, the Alvin Maker series and the Homecoming series. He lives with his wife and children in the US.