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Violence
Some
Philosophical violence—the question of genocide as policy; some physical conflict
Language
Barely any
Clean language; literary science fiction prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The extreme philosophical weight of deciding whether an entire species must die; the psychological burden of being the only person who can make the decision
What this book is about
The third Ender's Game novel follows Ender on the planet Lusitania, where the pequenino people carry a deadly virus that threatens all human worlds—and the question is whether humanity can save itself without committing xenocide. Card's most ambitious and philosophical sequel grapples with the ethics of genocide in ways that are demanding and not always comfortable.
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