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 that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos 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 it's way, and a second Xenocide seems inevitable.
Until the fleet vanishes.
The task of discovering how the ships were made to disappear falls to Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant analytical mind in a world of people bred to superintelligence. There is little doubt that she can solve the puzzle; but will she choose life or death for the three races that live on Lusitania?
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This was an amazing book. It had all of the science and humor that I love about Orson Scott Card books, and it had a plot that was not only easy to follow, it was fun to read. The way he stretches the "laws" of science without breaking them is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really good book. is it a series and if so what is it called? What types of science did they come close to breaking? What does the book remind you of if at all? How did it make you feel when reading it?
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