Shadow of the Giant
By Orson Scott Card
- Release Date: 2009-11-30
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
The Ender Saga continues with Shadow of the Giant, which parallels the events of Ender's Game from a different character’s point of view.
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, Orson Scott Card's beloved classic Ender's Game, and its parallel, Ender's Shadow. Now, in Shadow of the Giant, Bean's story continues.
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.
THE ENDER UNIVERSE
Ender series
Ender’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet
Ender’s Shadow series
Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight
The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens
The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm / The Hive
Ender novellas
A War of Gifts / First Meetings
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Reviews
Great read...
4By 8bitme!Yet another story in the shadow saga... They just keep getting better...Good story
5By Herr Herr1Good storyThe best series in the world
5By March 17,2012What a unexpected ending so sad. I wish Petra could have gone with bean.Amazing series
5By Coris07Such an amazing series with a emotional ending that left me yearning for more , I am excited to read shadows in flight , the wait for this books follow up has been a long one !enders series
5By smurfluvr1there is more. a whole lot more and it isnt a finale. ender in exile can consider shadow of the giant's sequel nd then theres a lot more to come even after that.Wish there was more!
5By Niko320Great ending to a fantastic series. Have recommended it on countless occasions and haven't disappointed a single friend!Excellent finale!
5By The LeasRecommend to any lover of the Shadow and Ender series.