Since the age of eleven, whe he saw the white men murder his father, the Red Indian Lolla-Wossiky has been a pathetic drunk. His brother, Ta-Kumsaw, wishes to see whites confined to the eastern lands. But Governor Bill Harrison of the rough frontier town of Carthage has far more brutal plans for the Indians. When he puts those plans into action, he unwittingly brings young Alvin Miller - a very special white boy with extraordinary magical powers - to Lolla-Wossiky and Ta-Kumsaw. And brings Alvin one more step on his magical odyssey. More information on this book and others can be found on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos, a large colony of humans, and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once again the human race has grown fearful: the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania.Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net, world by world. Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender''s children must save her if they are to save themselves.
Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person''s heart. She can follow the paths of each person''s future, and know each person''s most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin Maker''s birth, when the Unmaker first strove to kill him, she has protected him.Now they are married, and Peggy is a part of Alvin''s heart as well as his life.But Alvin''s destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft, and their use is punished with death.Peggy has been drawn south, to the British Crown Colonies and the court of King Arthur Stuart in exile. For she has seen a terrible future bloom in the heartfires of every person in America, a future of war and destruction. One slender path exists that leads through the bloodshed, and it is Peggy''s quest to set the world on the path to peace.
With millions of copies sold in the US and Canada, and translated into more than 34 languages, The Ender series is one of the best science fiction series ever written. Now repackaged and collected in a box set, The Ender Saga #1 is perfect for new readers and collectors alike.
Lusitania es un planeta donde coexisten tres especies inteligentes: los pequenicos, que evolucionaron en el mismo planeta; los humanos, que llegaron como colonizadores; y la Reina Colmena y sus insectores, traidos por el joven Ender años atras. El planeta ha sido condenado por el Consejo Estelar a causa de la descolada, el virus letal para los humanos es imprescindible para la biologia de los pequenicos. Jane, la inteligencia artificial aliada de Ender, logra salvar momentaneamente Lusitania al posibilitar que Ender cree dos nuevos seres, dos aiuas, replicas de su hermano Peter el Hegemon y de su hermana Valentine. Ellos dos se unen a Ender en la dificil lucha por salvar Lusitania. Hijos de la mente es el digno colofon de la serie mas popular de la ciencia ficcion moderna.
La misión del Alma Suprema, ordenador maestro que gobierna el planeta Armonía, ha sido mantener alejado al hombre de la capacidad destructiva que le obligó a abandonar la Tierra y colonizar dicho astro. La influencia del Alma Suprema, ha ido menguando con el tiempo y, tras varios alzamientos rebeldes en su contra, la unica posibilidad de salvar a los humanos es intentar emprender el regreso a la Tierra. Nafai y su familia son los elegidos para intentar ese viaje, tal vez imposible, que comienza con una penosa travesia por el desierto sin saber aun que se dirigen a la antigua base espacial de Armonia. Alli, abandonadas desde hace millones de años, las viejas naves interestelares aguardan la orden para despegar otra vez con rumbo a la Tierra.
'Hoy uno de los hermanos me preguntó: ¿ es una prisión tan terrible no poder moverte del lugar donde estás?-Y respondiste...-Le dije que soy más libre que él. La incapacidad de moverme me libra de la obligacion de actuar.-Los que hablais lenguajes sois unos mentirosos.'Lusitania, un mundo donde conviven tres especies (los cerdis, los humanos y los insectores)ve amenazada su existencia a causa de la prodigiosa Quing-jao, procedente del planeta Sendero. El fatal desenlace solo podra evitarse con la intervencion de Ender.
