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Xenocide

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Amanda Karr, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki
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Publisher's summary

Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequeninos 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 pequeninos require in order to transform 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.
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Critic reviews

"Thought-provoking, insightful, and powerfully written." (School Library Journal)
"As a storyteller, Card excels in portraying the quiet drama of wars fought not on battlefields but in the hearts and minds of his characters." (Library Journal)

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Enjoyable, yet lacking

overall enjoyed the book, however it leaves you feeling unsatisfied. will continue with childrenofthe mind

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My favourite in the series so far

I have read the Enderverse books in 'historical' order rather than release order. Just finished Xenocide and found it to be the most interesting of all books so far, with so many themes and story lines converging plus some great twists.
Many of the characters we've come to love go through some hard lessons, facing their egos and imperfections.

Other reviewers have expressed their upset with the Chinese narration- I didn't love but it isn't so bad once you get used to it.

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great follow up for speaker

I enjoy the mix of readers/narrators. The story is very well writen. However, it is very wordy. I think it needed to be, but it felt uncomfortably drawn out. looking forward to the next book in the series all the same. Guess it wasn't all bad.

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Ender with an extra story tacked on

overall enjoyable but the implementation of the Path storyline felt forced and really out of place. A ton of repeated lines, questionable acting and characters that are unbelievably naive in a universe that is full of skeptical and introspective geniuses.

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IF YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS SERIES

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

though not a stand alone listen, it is as entertaining as the rest of the series.

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This audio will captivate you

Would you consider the audio edition of Xenocide to be better than the print version?

I would almost say yes - I read the book many years ago - but listening to it now on my commute to work ( 1 hr each way) has been wonderful - something I have to sit in the parking area to finish listening to a chapter end of a scene. I now want to read it again when I finish listening to it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Xenocide?

When Wang-mu debates with herself about the gods, godspoken,

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

Wang-mu and the Hive-queen

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Great book

It was a great book although the ending felt a little rushed and he even admits it in the commentary but it picks up in Children of the mind which I haven't finished yet but is great so far

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Another great Ender-verse story

I greatly enjoyed this additional story in the Ender-verse. Ender sees another species in trouble and travels to save them. He is ready to find a true home.

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A master piece on its own and the best after ender

This is a great book and I enjoyed every second of reading it. You must read this book

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Great writer, honestly, I loved it.

Orson Scott Card is brilliant! The only reason I knocked it down one peg is because reading it today, in this day and age, with the amount of people who have already converted to atheism, I can’t see religion being this big of deal this far in the future (If we survive this far in the future). I don’t fault Orson for this of course, it’s a product of the time it was written. The thought just pops up in my mind often when I’m reading/listening.

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