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What can I say? I got this book on Tuesday and was done by Wednesday night, despite school, homework and my job. The book is friggin’ awesome. I would like to go on and tell you more but I don’t want to ruin any little bit of it, so just go and get it yourself. Unlike the tile may suggest, Ender’s Shadow isn’t a sequel to Ender’s Game, the original book that started it all. Ender’s Shadow happens in the same time and place as Ender’s Game, except this time we see the events through Bean so it is more like a parallel story than a sequel. There are several sequels and they are broken down into two parts. The “Ender” saga, which are the books that came directly after Ender’s Game, and follow up on the events there are Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and First Meetings (a collection of short stories). Since my budget for books has recently been annihilated by the Purchase of a very sweet and shiny new Canon 350D digital camera, I have been forced to get my books from the library, where (I actually laughed out loud when the librarian told me this) I am 14th on the waiting list for Speaker for the Dead.
As I said though, there are two parts to this series. The “Bean” saga follows up on the events that come after Ender’s Shadow and while they involve share some of the same characters from the other books, I assume they all follow their own course rather than focusing on the same events. That is all speculation though since I have not gotten my hands on it yet. The books in the Bean saga are, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giant. I should be getting Shadow of the Hegemon pretty soon, since that book was available at another branch and, as always, I will keep you posted.
