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)

it's the same story.

it is, it's Ender's game, as told from Bean's perspective. The flow is amazing. It is nice to know that bean is worth more than a bean.

Great

Loved it! Great voices, great pacing, great story. Made me want to re-read Ender's game.

Entertaining all the way to the end

The use of different voices made this audiobook a delight. The confusion that normally comes during dialog was non-existent. It was very easy to immerse myself in the story.

Loved it!!

Excellent! Perfect way to give a new and brilliant perspective! Fun to read/listen to. Would very Highly Recommend!

interesting to hear the story of the side characte

Really great story involving a side character. It added depth to the story and I can't wait to read more.

The best from Enders series

Who ever read Enders game has to read this one.
One thing, some time a man narrate a women... Puzzeling

Awesome!!

What made the experience of listening to Ender's Shadow the most enjoyable?

The narration was spot on.

What other book might you compare Ender's Shadow to and why?

Book of Enders Game.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

They all did a good job bring the story to life.

stunning, massively re-readable

I have enjoyed this book for years and now I get to listen to it at work, thanks to the team that made it happen!
long live the dragon army

I love this book

I absolutely love the story and the performance, everyone in the production was fantastic and orson scott card is the best Science Fiction writer!!!!!!!!

Wow

amazing performance and such a great book. I didn't know Bean was so interesting. can't wait to read the rest