A COMPANION VOLUME TO ENDER'S GAME, ONE THAT EXPANDS AND COMPLIMENTS THE FIRST, ENHANCING ITS POWER, ILLUMINATING ITS EVENTS AND ITS POWERFUL CONCLUSION.
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, his strategist, his friend.
Bean's past was a battle just to survive on the streets of Rodderdam. He was a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else's. Bean's desperate struggle, and his remarkable 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....
"Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer."
THE HOUSTON POST
"The publishing equivalent of a Star Wars blockbuster."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"[Ender's Shadow] is entertaining, fast-paced science fiction. Dont be surprised if [it] wins the Hugo and Nebula like its acclaimed predecessor."
CNN.com