Shadow of the Giant

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Full Cast

Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

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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©2005 Orson Scott Card (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

“The novels of Orson Scott Card's Ender series are an intriguing combination of action, military and political strategy, elaborate war games and psychology.” —USA Today

what an ending.

The performance is amazing as always from these folks. That said, this may be OSC's best writing to date. The last two chapters really put the series into perspective.

Excellent delivery, brilliant writing

One of my favorite writings by Orson Scott Card.
A truly refreshing book to have listened to. The readers are all top notch

such a great book

such an amazing book. say what you will about OSC, but his books are really good, insightful and balanced.

Awesome book

Only thing I didn't like was the sound effects. The one that sounds like they are talking in a tin can scared me since I listen to these through headsets. thought my earphones were broke

Really well done

I enjoyed every minute , there were some odd edits , but the voice acting work was well done . I look forward to seeing all this one day , as a video adaptation on Netflix or whatever video streaming giant decides to do a series .

More Card, what are you waiting for?

Another great writing from Orson Scott Card and production by Stefan Rudnicki! Thank you to all narrators and everyone involved in production, it was great. Look forward to more.

great book!

I just finished reading this book, and I am reeling from the emotional impact at the end. Actually, I would say the entire second half of this book was almost overwhelming. from the very first book in the series, Ender's shadow, I felt like I had identified very much with being in a lot of ways that matter to me. he had a hard life oh, it survived Against All Odds. he was denied many of the things in life that most people take totally for granted. the character development of not just being, but all the characters, is something that is hard to find in much of my reading over the years. of all the stories and the series of stories I have read throughout my 45 years, being remains one of the nearest my heart. I would highly recommend this book, But be sure you have read Ender's Game and all the other books in the shadow series in order.

Great series

I’m been reading the Enderverse series back to back and it’s just been fantastic. His created a great universe and an interesting storyline.

Puts me in tears every time

What an ending for Peter’s life story, and for the story of Bean and Petra. Shadows in Flight always gets me too, but what a powerful novel. Sure, there’s some really outdated westernized views of other countries that are, admittedly, offensively ignorant. But the human tale that carries throughout is powerful and tragic. Big improvement over Shadow Puppets.

umm...and...

I am missing a few story line endings. Baby 9? Bean and the babies? umm