Xenocide
Xenocide is a book written by Orson Scott Card. The book was published in 1996 and is listed under the Fiction category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.
The full title of the book is Xenocide. When available, the subtitle is Volume Three of the Ender Quintet, which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, The war for 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. Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Startways Congress so fears the effects 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, a second xenocide seems inevitable. Xenocide is the third novel in Orson Scott Card’s Ender Quintet.
This book has 592 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 3.79, based on 115661 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.
For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9780312861872, while the ISBN-10 is 0312861877. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.
The book cover image can be viewed here: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=T2AfTwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api.
Overall, Xenocide by Orson Scott Card is a title that may interest readers looking for books in Fiction. Whether you are researching new books, comparing editions, or building a reading list, this page gives you the most important details in one place.
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