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Three thousand years later · right after Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

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A fleet is coming to destroy Lusitania, and the planet's virus becomes the bigger problem

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The Starways Congress sends a fleet armed with the Molecular Disruption Device to destroy Lusitania, now home to humans, pequeninos and the Hive Queen. In the colony, Ender's family races to control the Descolada, a virus that holds the ecosystem together but kills humans. On the Chinese-settled world of Path, young Si Wang-mu and her mistress Qing-jao uncover the truth about the condition locals call the voice of the gods. Jane realizes Congress wants to shut her down. While studying the Descolada, the Lusitanians figure out how instant travel through the Outside works. Ender makes the first trip and comes back with more than he took: from his mind spring a new Peter and a new Valentine.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesA story in Analog

    Card folded parts of "Gloriously Bright," a story from the January 1991 issue of Analog, into the novel, which came out the same year.

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  2. Behind the scenesA finalist, no trophy

    After two straight Hugos, Xenocide was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Locus for best novel in 1992, but didn't win.

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