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Speaker for the dead / Orson Scott Card

Centuries after the near extinction of an alien race, a second species is discovered on the planet Lusitania. A Speaker for the Dead arrives to investigate the mysterious deaths of human researchers and facilitate understanding between the two cultures.
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