Xenocide

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THE WAR FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET LUSITANIA WILL BE
FOUGHT IN THE HEART OF A CHILD NAMED GLORIOUSLY BRIGHT.
On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos
and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different
intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so
he thought.
But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all'
humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to trans-
form into adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effect of the
descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered
the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The#Fleet
is on its way, and a second Xenocide seems inevitable.
Until the Fleet vanishes. , j m
The task of discovering how the ships were made to disappear
falls to Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant analytica mind in a world
of people bred to superintelligence. There is little dopbtthat she can
solve the puzzle; but... Tovább

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THE WAR FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET LUSITANIA WILL BE
FOUGHT IN THE HEART OF A CHILD NAMED GLORIOUSLY BRIGHT.
On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos
and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different
intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so
he thought.
But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all'
humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to trans-
form into adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effect of the
descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered
the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The#Fleet
is on its way, and a second Xenocide seems inevitable.
Until the Fleet vanishes. , j m
The task of discovering how the ships were made to disappear
falls to Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant analytica mind in a world
of people bred to superintelligence. There is little dopbtthat she can
solve the puzzle; but will she choose life or death fori the three races
who live on Lusitania?
"Card has raised to a fine
ethical dilemmas."
"XENOCIDE is certain to b
of the year."
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-Chi :ago Sun-Times
5 one of the most sought-« ifter new books
-Science F ction Chronicle
ight This book combines Card's quirky
dilemmas and sharply dralwn portraits/'
-New York Daily ^ews Vissza