Book description
The audiobook hits you like a gut punch. Not the kind with a name. Just silence. Then the voice. Ender's voice. Not Ender Wiggin the hero. Ender the Xenocide. The destroyer. That's the weight they drop on you first. You hear it in the narrator's calm, deliberate tone. Not angry. Just... tired. So tired. Like carrying the world's guilt in your bones.
Hugo winner. Nebula winner. Doesn't matter. You don't care about awards here. You care about the man speaking for dead aliens. Not just dead. Misunderstood. Erased. Like he was.
The story's simple on the surface. Another alien race. Humans die. Panic. But it's not about the aliens. It's about Ender. His secret. His shame. His need to tell the truth before the next war starts. The next genocide. That's the real horror. Not the bugs. The humans. Our reflex to kill what we don't understand.
The audio makes it visceral. The pauses. The way the narrator lets the silence hang after a hard truth. You hear Ender's breath catch when he says it: I am the Xenocide. Not a title. A name. A scar.
You feel the urgency. The clock ticking. Because history will repeat. If he doesn't speak. If he doesn't make them see. The new aliens aren't monsters. They're just... different. Like Ender was. Like we all are.
Card doesn't give easy answers. No grand speeches. Just quiet moments. A hand on a shoulder. A whispered question. The power of seeing someone. Truly seeing them. Not just the monster they seem.
And the audiobook? It's perfect. The voice isn't loud. It's there. You don't just read Ender's burden. You feel it in your chest. Like he's sitting across from you in a dim room, telling you the terrible, necessary truth.
It's not just sci-fi. It's about how we treat each other. How we build walls. How we break them. One honest word at a time.
You'll listen to the end. Then sit in the silence. Not the empty silence before. The heavy, knowing silence after. And you'll think: What am I not seeing? What am I killing before I understand?
That's the mark. Not the awards. The quiet shift inside you. When you realize the most dangerous thing isn't an alien. It's the story we tell about them. And the courage it takes to tell the truth instead.
This isn't just a book. It's a mirror. And the audiobook? It's the one that won't let you look away.
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Nickname Master
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NexusNavigator
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Nacho
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Lime
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience