Ender's Shadow

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast

Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

The novel that launched the bestselling Ender's Shadow series—available for the first time on audio

The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself from total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable enemy, all focus is on the development 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 them into an irresistible 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 Ender's Shadow, 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. 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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©1999 Orson Scott Card (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

• Alex Award Winner, 2000

"An exceptional work." (School Library Journal)
"An absorbing, near-flawless performance." (Kirkus)
"As always, everyone will be struck by the power of Card's children, always more and less than human, perfect yet struggling, tragic, yet hopeful, wondrous and strange." (Publishers Weekly)

A must read!

If you at all enjoyed Enders Game then this is 100% a must read. Some people say read this first but I actually prefer it after Enders Game. This book completely opens up the battle school and characters much much more as well as sets up for the next books.

Revisiting an old favourite

Ender's Shadow (ES) rates up there with Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead as one of my all-time favourite sci-fi books.

ES is the first audible book I've purchased. It took about 2minutes to get used to listening to it, rather than reading it. The experience was so relaxing, and the quality of reading and characterisations so good that audible will now be my first purchasing choice. I read a lot, so suffer eyestrain & constantly tearing eyes when reading. Audible solves all that. I just lie on my bed, close my eyes & listen. Bliss.

Great Book

if Enders Game isn't enough for you then Enders Shadow will help fill any gaps or questions you had about Ender, Dragon Army and of course a lot about Bean (Enders Shadow). Enders Game doesn't do Bean much Justice, but this story really helps to elaborate on the smartest kid in the story even if he wasn't the best to lead.

Great Reading and great addition

Really brings the whole of Ender's world into view in a way that was amazing to hear and visualize.

2nd best of best

a a a a a a a a a quick a a a a + B C DO E

Loved It

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, if you enjoyed Ender's Game, you will enjoy it.

Any additional comments?

My 11 year old daughter and I loved this book. We really enjoyed Ender's Game, and we were surprised by how much we enjoyed hearing the events of Ender's Game from Bean's perspective.

Narration was very good - except maybe the Achille character small section.

Great Voices and Extraordinary Characters

I find myself listening to this book a lot. It's magical to me. 5/5 stars.

Great read! I liked it more than Ender's Game.

This book is more complex than Ender's Game which is why it appealed to me. Also seeing the same story from a different perspective was really interesting! I recommend this book to all sci-fi enthusiasts.

Refreshing, not redundant

The performance was wonderful with varied and talented readers. The content was top notch and enhanced the world of Ender's Game in exciting and unexplored ways.

Leadership manual

Enders Shadow is a handbook on how to be a leader. It offers page after page of profound insights as Bean learns to love and to lead. This book is worth reading over and over.