Songmaster
Songmaster
Author: Orson Scott Card
Desc: An SF classic from the author of Ender's Game. Kidnapped at an early age the young singer Ansset has been raised in isolation at the mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life has been filled with music and having only songs for companions he develops a voice that is unlike any heard before. Ansset's voice is both a blessing and a curse for the young Songbird can reflect all the hopes and fears his auidence feels and by magnifying their emotions use his voice to heal--or to destroy. When it is discovered that his is the voice that the Emperor has waited decades for Ansset is summoned to the Imperial Palace on Old Earth. Many fates rest in Ansset's hands and his songs will soon be put to the test: either to salve the troubled conscience of a conqueror or drive him and the universe into mad chaos. Songmaster is a haunting story of power and love--the tale of the man who would destroy everything he loves to preserve humanity's peace and the boy who might just sing the world away.