Xenocide

In "Xenocide," the third installment of Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga, the coexistence of humans, pequininos, and the Hive Queen on the planet Lusitania is threatened by the descolada virus, which endangers human life while being essential for pequinino maturation. With the Startways Congress ordering the planet's destruction out of fear, a fleet is dispatched, but it mysteriously vanishes. The brilliant Gloriously Bright is tasked with uncovering the truth behind this disappearance, facing a critical decision that will determine the fate of all three species.