Reawakening, Orson Scott Card
Reawakening, Orson Scott Card
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Reawakening

Author: Orson Scott Card

Series: Side-Step Trilogy #2

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 12 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2026

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ender’s Game comes Reawakening, the thrilling sequel to Wakers, following Laz as he uses his abilities to travel to parallel worlds and fight to save them.Laz has already saved humanity before.As a side-stepper, Laz was born with the power to jump his consciousness to alternate versions of himself in parallel worlds. He used this power to find a new home for humanity after learning his own Earth was destined to be destroyed. And he hoped his help would never be needed again.But now he’s being called on once more to use his powers to change the course of history. This time, it’s not just the fate of the world at stake—but many worlds.And only Laz has the ability to stop the coming interdimensional war from consuming them all.

About Orson Scott Card

Born in Richland, Washington, in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. The author of numerous books in several genres, Card is best known for Ender’s Game, the Tales of Alvin Maker series, and the Pathfinder Trilogy. He lives with his wife in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on December 26, 2025

I keep yearning for the Orson Scott Card books of yore, but no. Reawakening is not that. I'm used to a lot of dialogue in his stories, but it seemed like that was all you get in this book. Reawakening continues in the world of Laz and Ivy from Wakers but with much less action and all talk.......more

Goodreads review by Ricardo on November 20, 2025

Ok. Just ok The dialogue. So irritating. As if someone challenged him to see how irritating characters could be to each other. I will admit also that at one point in the denouement he lost me. The problem and the resolution I get but not the risks. And I didn’t care enough to know. Not his best work. And......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on October 28, 2025

I will admit I have read almost everything the author has written up to this point. I listened to the book this time instead of actually reading it. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the story flowed Laz and Ivy the two main characters and their time sliding as the author explained it. I'm alre......more

Goodreads review by Star on January 03, 2026

I DNF'd at 30%. There is no soul left in this author. That special something that made a fan from the Ender days has completely vanished. Even the sparkle that had me intrigued with the first of this series was taken out back and buried. Only my curiosity made the pages turn. The story just had to ge......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 20, 2026

Wakers was a blast, and Reawakening picks up the story with another Laz/Ivy pair of clones brought back to tackle crises sparked by the settlement of eight new side-stepped Earths. As competition heats up and lingering cultural differences from the old worlds start causing trouble for Central Time,......more

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