Shadow of the Giant
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. 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. Then he was discovered by the
recruiters for the Battle School.
For Earth was at war – a
terrible war with an inscrutable alien enemy. A war that humanity was
near to losing. But the long distances of interstellar space has given
hope to the defenders of Earth – they had time to train military
geniuses up from childhood, forging them into an irresistible force in
the high-orbital facility called the Battle School. That story is told
in two books, the beloved classic Ender's Game, and its parallel,Ender's Shadow.
Bean was the smallest student at the Battle
School, but he became Ender Wiggins' right hand. Since then he has
grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and
general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien
empire attacking Earth. Now he and his wife Petra yearn for a safe
place to build a family – something he has never known – but there is
nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies – old enemies from
the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find
security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps.
They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look
to the stars.
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born 1951) is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. He is also known as an advocate for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he has been a lifelong practicing member, and as a political commentator on many issues, including opposition to homosexual behavior and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The Shadow Series (Ender)
The Shadow Series (Ender) consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series Enderverse