Speaker for the Dead
- Published
- 1 March 1986
- Pages
- 415
- ISBN-13
- 9780812513509
- Type
- novel
About this book
Speaker for the Dead followed in March 1986, the second book at 415 pages, jumping the timeline forward to find an adult Ender, now travelling under a different name, investigating the death of an alien species on a distant colony world.
Key facts about Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card wrote Speaker for the Dead, a novel on our list. It has been out since March 1986. The book has 415 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812513509 to find the main one.
Speaker for the Dead is book 2 of 6 in the Ender's Game series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Ender's Game (1985). Ender in Exile is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 November 2008.
Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Tales of Alvin Maker, Homecoming Saga and Ender's Shadow, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.
About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.
Its place in Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead is book 2 in the Ender's Game series. It follows Ender's Game. It is followed by Xenocide. See the full Ender's Game reading order.
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is six years old when he's recruited into Battle School, an orbiting military academy built to find and train the child who can save humanity from a third invasion by the alien "Buggers." Ender is a prodigy the adults running the program are willing to isolate, manipulate and break in order to shape into a commander — and the story is as much about what that does to a brilliant, lonely child as it is about the tactical war games he keeps winning. The final twist of Ender's Game…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356501857
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788498729856
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780792738077