Book Series

Ender's Saga Books

In order from Speaker for the Dead to The Last Shadow
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender in Exile
The Last Shadow
chapter • 304 Pages
Speaker for the Dead
Series
Book #1

Speaker for the Dead

Written by Orson Scott Card
304
Page count
Mar 1, 1986
Publication date
Paperback
$18.99
$17.97

Summary

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 seriesEnder’s Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind Ender’s Shadow seriesEnder’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 novellasA War of Gifts /First Meetings

Ender's Saga Series

Published from 1986 - 2021
5 books
chapter • 304 Pages
Speaker for the Dead
Paperback
$18.99$17.97
chapter • 416 Pages
Xenocide
Paperback
$22.99$21.84
chapter • 352 Pages
Children of the Mind
Paperback
$17.99$16.97
chapter • 384 Pages
Ender in Exile
Paperback
$17.99$16.97
chapter • 448 Pages
The Last Shadow
Mass Market Paperback
$10.99$10.49
YearTitlePages
1986Speaker for the Dead304
1991Xenocide416
1996Children of the Mind352
2008Ender in Exile384
2021The Last Shadow448

The Creative Behind the Books

    Author
    Orson Scott Card

    Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender’s Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Quintet, the five books that chronicle the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, that follows on the novel Ender’s Shadow and are set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, that tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien “Buggers.” Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card’s first published fiction appeared in 1977–the short story “Gert Fram” in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of “Ender’s Game” in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender’s Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers’ workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.He is the author many sf and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series “The Tales of Alvin Maker” (beginning with Seventh Son), There are also stand-alone science fiction and fantasy novels like Pastwatch and Hart’s Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card’s recent work includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.

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