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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narration

interjections of the from another narrator of the word "hegemon" were annoying and a bit destructive to my listening experience.

Not the best in the series

I enjoy everything from the Ender universe but this one was a little harder to get through. the audio version was performed well and the story had some good positive moments. time for the next one

love the book, disappointed at voice acting

pronunciations we're wrong, over dubbing was awful, not that it's the voice actors fault but when it comes to emails to and from characters I feel there is a better way to portray that vocally

Story A+, Production F-

Seriously, how was this mess let out of the door. Very very muddy quality, constant mispronunciation of Hegemon and Achilles Sometimes they tried to cover it up by cutting to someome else to pronounce the words correctly, which is WAY more distracting.

Also, the music at the end of chapters sounds like a bad ren fair band.

Thank goodness for the great story. Excited to read the next one.

It sounded odd whenever the word "Hegemon"was said

I have always enjoyed reading Orson Scott Card and have recently started listening to audio books. This audiobook sounded odd whenever the word "Hegemon" was said. It only detracted from the main listening experience a little bit, but the story itself is great!

Excellent story, good read

The story is ecxellent, as usual with books from Orson Scott Card. It talks about political issues and military strategy, but all very interesting. It's almost as good as Ender's Game. The read is not bad too.

Highly recommended, but only if you have already read (or heard) Ender's Shadow, because some of the characters from this book are from that story.

Good Read if you love the Ender Series

Enjoyed the narration, just as I have the other books in the Ender Series. I still like Enders Shadow better, but got wrapped right back up into following the battle school characters again. Card has a unique ability to blend fiction with world politics and military strategy. Another great book.

Production details

I truly enjoyed the multiple readers. It added a fitting depth to the story.

There was a section of the book where one word, hegemon, was cut in awkwardly and took me out of the flow of the story.

As a Kid and as an Adult.

Shadow of The Hegemon was always one of my favorites as a kid and I still love it as an adult. The narration is fantastic and the story is interesting and exciting.

A bit quiet, even at maxed out volume.

Pretty good and worth picking up but may not live up to the bar raised by previous books.