Ender's Shadow (Ender Wiggins Saga (Audio))
Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.
With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and compliments the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion.
The human race is at War with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.
The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth--they have time to train these future commanders up from childhood, forging then into an irresisible force in the high orbital facility called the Battle School.
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this new book, card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean--the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers.
Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else's. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older.
Bean's desperate struggle to live, and his success, brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender....
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-29-2008
- Better than Ender's Game
I really liked Ender's Game, and then I read Ender's Shadow....I must say, Ender's Shadow, In my opinion, is just...Better. I love Bean. I believe that may be the reason I like this book so much, because the character Bean is so likable...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-26-2008
- That bean is a character
Out of all the books in the series, this one was especially awesome. I'm surprised by some of the weak unfavorable reviews for this book. I found it to be throughly awesome. Bean's childhood was insane. Card stayed true to the...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-05-2008
- Bean there, done that
A parallel to "Ender's Game" that is, in some ways, better than the original. This one follows Bean, who is more than just one of Ender's lieutenants, through some of the same events. The boring trips into the computer game have...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-08-2008
- Listen to a well crafted story
For me there is nothing better than listening to a book on CD while chewing up a lot of asphalt during a road trip. I discovered this little gem 'Ender's Shadow, at the local library and became an addict to Ender, Bean, and the Shadow...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-29-2008
- Better than Ender's Game
I really liked Ender's Game, and then I read Ender's Shadow....I must say, Ender's Shadow, In my opinion, is just...Better. I love Bean. I believe that may be the reason I like this book so much, because the character Bean is so likable...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-10-2008
- All Bean and no rice make this a dull book
This is one of the most OK books I've ever read. While it's not bad, I didn't really find it all that good either. Keep in mind that I'm a long way from Jr. High/High school, which is the age range this book is intended for. If that's...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-16-2008
- The author abondoned his storyline
I am amazed at all the positive feedback about this book. In Enders Game Card repeatly justifies the rigorous isolation and abondonment of Ender to achieve the type of commander needed to lead the final battle. But then in Enders...
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