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Written by Orson Scott Card - Audio book performed by David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki and cast - Unabridged Fiction - 12 COMPACT DISCS - 14 hours

Publisher, Audio Renaissance (September 2005)

Comments about the printed edition:
"A great read!" --UPI Reviews

"Less brash than Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead may be a much better book. Don't miss it!" --Analog

"Told with compassion and keen insight, this powerful sequel to Ender's Game is highly recommended." --Library Journal

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO ENDER'S GAME AND WINNER OF THE H UGO AND NEBULA AWARDS—THIS FULL CAST UNABRIDGED RECORDING INCLUDES AN 0RIGINAL POSTSCRIPT WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY THE AUTHOR.

Three thousand years have passed since Ender Wiggin won humanity's war with the Buggers by totally destroying them. Ender remains young, traveling the stars at the speed of relativity, but a hundred years or more might pass on Earth while he experiences a month-long voyage. In three thousand years, Ender's books The Niue Queen and The Hegemon, written under a pseudonym, have become holy writ, while the name of Ender itself has become anathema: he is the Xenocide, the one who killed an entire race of thinking, feeling beings, killed the only other sapient race humankind had found in all the galaxy.

The only ones, that is, until the planet called Lusitania was discovered and colonized. The discovery was seen as a gift to humanity, a chance to redeem the destruction of the Buggers. This time, the Starways Congress vowed, there would be no tragic misunderstanding leading to war. But once again men die, killed by the aliens in a rite no one understands. Ender, now known only as the Speaker for the Dead, comes to Lusitania to speak for those who have died and discovers that in order to tell the truth about them, he must unravel the secrets of Lusitania.

About the Author: Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel Speaker for the Dead. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

About the Performers: David Birney has starred in stage, film, and television productions as diverse as St. Elsewhere and Bridget Loves Bernie, among others. He is a regular narrator on Orson Scott Card's audiobooks.

Stefan Rudnicki has narrated more than 100 audiobooks. A recipient of AudioFile's Earphones Award, Stefan is also a GRAMMY-winning audiobook producer.