Sci-Fi & Speculative

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card · Ender's Saga series

Ender Wiggin, now known as the Speaker for the Dead, travels to distant worlds to tell the truth about the lives of the deceased. When called to the planet Lusitania to speak the death of a xenologist, he becomes entangled in a mystery involving the planet's intelligent alien species, the pequeninos, and questions of empathy, communication, and atonement.

Ender's Saga in reading order

• 1. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) — Orson Scott Card
• 1. Ender's Game, Volume 1: Battle School (Ender's Saga) — Christopher Yost
• 2. Speaker for the Dead — Orson Scott Card
• 3. Xenocide — Orson Scott Card
• 4. Children of the Mind — Orson Scott Card
• 5. Ender in Exile — Orson Scott Card
• First Meetings in Ender's Universe — Orson Scott Card

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