From the internationally bestselling author of Ender’s Game comes the riveting finale to the story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people’s pasts.In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces with another teen with special talents on a quest to find Rigg’s sister and discover the true depth and significance of their powers. Then Rigg’s story continued in Ruins as he was tasked to decipher the paths of the past before the arrival of a destructive force with deadly intentions. Now, in Visitors, Rigg’s journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.

Romanul prezintă evenimentele ce au loc când Ender Wiggin, personajul principal al primului roman al seriei, călătoreşte pe planeta Lusitania, în încercarea de a găsi un loc unde poate reînvia specia gândacilor, pe care o distrusese în Jocul lui Ender.Premiul Nebula 1986.Premiul Hugo 1987.

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT…For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin’s seminal “The Postman” to Hugh Howey’s “Deep Blood Kettle” and Tananarive Due’s prescient “Patient Zero,” the end of the world continues to thrill.This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by:Ann AguirreMegan ArkenbergPaolo BacigalupiChristopher BarzakLauren BeukesDavid BrinOrson Scott CardJunot DíazCory DoctorowTananarive DueToiya Kristen FinleyMilo James FowlerMaria Dahvana HeadleyHugh HoweyKeffy R. M. KehrliJake KerrNancy KressJoe R. LansdaleGeorge R. R. MartinJack McDevittSeanan McGuireMaureen F. McHughD. Thomas MintonRudy Rucker & Bruce SterlingRamsey ShehadehRobert SilverbergRachel SwirskyGenevieve ValentineJames Van PeltChristie YantAward-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing.

Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon — these are our guides through the Wastelands…From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse.Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction — including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King — Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders.Complete with introductions and an indispensable appendix of recommendations for further reading, Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre’s core.John Joseph Adams is the assistant editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and a freelance writer. His website is www.johnjosephadams.com.Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is available now. Look for it wherever books are sold, or order online from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Powell’s Books, or directly from the publisher, Night Shade Books.

Trois espèces intelligentes se partagent inégalement la planète Lusitania : les Pequeninos qui en sont les indigènes, les humains qui l’ont colonisée récemment et la Reine d’une ruche étrange qui y a été amenée par Ender le Stratège, appelé aussi la Voix des Morts.Mais il existe sur Lusitania une quatrième espèce, un virus, la descolada, mortelle pour les humains et pour la Reine qui la tiennent difficilement en échec, mais qui est indispensable à la reproduction très particulière des Pequeninos.La petite colonie humaine de Lusitania pourrait éradiquer le virus. Mais elle risquerait alors de commettre deux fois le crime inexpiable de xénocide, la destruction irrémédiable d’une espèce intelligente. D’abord, en interdisant aux Pequeninos d’entrer dans leur troisième vie et de se reproduire. Ensuite, en éliminant un virus si adaptable que certains le considèrent comme conscient.Un xénocide : le crime qu’Ender lui-mëme a commis plus de trois mille ans plus tôt dans sa guerre interstellaire contre les Doryphores (La stratégie Ender) et qu’il n’a eu de cesse d’expier depuis (La voix des morts).Avec l’aide des Lusitaniens de toutes espèces, celle de sa soeur Valentine et celle enfin des sages de la Voie, une planète de culture chinoise traditionnelle, Ender parviendra-t-il à éviter que le Congrès stellaire détruise Lusitania et tous ses habitants avant que la descolada ne se déchaïne à travers toute la galaxie ?

Als Kind hat Ender Wiggin durch ein furchtbares Versehen eine fremde Rasse ausgelöscht. Um seine Schuld zu tilgen, wird er zum Sprecher für die Toten, zum Vermittler zwischen den Menschen und anderen vernunftbegabten Rassen. Auf dem Planeten Lusitania spricht er für die geheimnisvollen Piggies. Doch die Piggies sind bedroht: Da sie einen gefährlichen Virus übertragen können, plant der allmächtige Sternenkongreß den Xenozid – die Vernichtung der Fremden. Mit Hilfe eines galaktischen Computerprogrammes beginnt Ender um seinen Planeten zu kämpfen, als plötzlich eine seltsame Gegenspielerin auftaucht: Ein Mädchen aus einer fernen chinesischen Kultur versucht, Enders Pläne zu durchkreuzen.Der neue Roman vom erfolgreichsten Science-Fiction-Autor der achtziger Jahre. Fast alle neuen Werke von ORSON SCOTT CARD wurden mit dem begehrten NEBULA und HUGO AWARD ausgezeichnet.