Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts.

"A Tor book"--Title page verso. Cover art by John Harris.

Introduction -- Some people of Lusitania colony -- Pronouncing foreign names -- Prologue -- Pipo -- Trondheim -- Libo -- Ender -- Valentine -- Olhado -- The Ribeira house -- Dona Ivanova -- Congenital defect -- Children of the mind -- Jane -- Files -- Ela -- Renegades -- Speaking -- The fence -- The wives -- The hive queen.