Shadow of the Hegemon

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Ender's Game told the story of the boy "Ender" Wiggin and his hard-won victory over an alien race that would have destroyed the Earth and all of humanity. But Ender was not the only child in the Battle School. He was just the best of the best. In Ender's Shadow, Orson Scott Card told the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean - the one who became Ender's right hand, his strategist, and his friend.

And now Card continues Bean's story, and finally tells a tale long awaited by millions of fans. At last we learn what happened on Earth after the destruction of the Hive Queen's worlds, after humanity no longer had a single enemy to unify the warring nations. This is the story of how Bean turned away from his first friend, Ender, and became the tactical genius who won the Earth for Ender's brother, Peter, who became the Hegemon.

Please note: This 2001 recording represents the technology of the time when it was produced. This is currently the best available source audio from the publisher.

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Loved every bit of it

This series has not disappointed. I feel in love with every character and cared about every subplot. The book is very fulfilling but definitely leave you wanting more. The was a strange voice over correction almost every time the narrator says "hegemon" but it still didnt pull me from the thrilling story.

Excellent

Very good, although it seems that they went back and made some sloppy edits to correct the actors' pronounciations of "hegemon." Other than that, it was excellent.

Overall a good book.

I did like the story. I did not like the music between chapters. I thought it was annoying.

great story and narration, bad "mix"

enders game meets jack ryan. enjoyed this addition to the enderverse.

weird edits, and terrible interlude music.

story is amazing audio not great

story is amazing with the bathing detail however the audio of this book is insane. audio cuts out multiple times and the pronouncement of Achilles is not consistent throughout the novel kind of drove me crazy. but overall the book is great

More of a great story about the world of Ender

I have listened to most of the stories of Ender' s world, and they are all great, this one included.

great story with random bits of other audio

random bits of other audio recorded appears halfway through especially when the word hegemon is used

kind of weird

SPOILER

I'm sorry if this spoils the story if we read like I do and read everything that matters all at once instead of blocking everything like a normal person. But here is where I found was weird.

A young boy getting turned on by a 12 year old girl. 2 young children at the end planning on getting married. was this written by an adult? why??

Sloppy Editing

As others have pointed out, the mis-pronounciation of "Achilles" and the obvious dub-overs of "hegemon" are quite jarring and distract from the otherwise excellent performances from the narration team.

Very well done

I enjoyed this as much as Enders Game. the voice actors did a great job and the book was very well written.