Super Short Summary

In Orson Scott Card’s Xenocide, the story unfolds across two planets: Lusitania and Path. On Lusitania, humans, Pequeninos, and the last Formic hive queen coexist with the deadly descolada virus essential to Pequenino life but lethal to others. On Path, genetically modified humans display superintelligence alongside obsessive-compulsive behaviors. The novel tackles ethical dilemmas in science, cross-species coexistence, and religious and moral questions, with characters striving to address the descolada threat and uncover their own origins. Violence and a depiction of an attempted suicide are present.