Shadows in Flight

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick, Orson Scott Card, Kirby Heyborne

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new novel...

At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children—the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth's scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten—a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth's history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.

For there in space before them lies a derelict Formic colony ship. Aboard it, they will find both death and wonders—the life support that is failing on their own ship, room to grow, and labs in which to explore their own genetic anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the ship's colony.

Shadows in Flight is the fifth novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow Series.

©2011 Orson Scott Card (P)2012 Macmillan Audio

Scott still has it.

Scott's future history of Bean and his children is as good as any epic story. I am not fond of the shorter book format, but still look forward to the next book in the shadow series. If you have not read any of the endervers this is not the best book to start on. That been said, Scott can still paint a vivid epic world with the paint brush of his works. As always the performance is a masterpiece of the audio format. I will be enjoying this story many times over.

I Wish it would Never End

Any additional comments?

I've never been so torn up over a book series ending.. I can't wait until the next one. I hope it's not really the last.

Orson - Can you find a way to stay alive and write forever? Become a lump of Human with a mind, forever writing books - Like Bean in the Cargo-hold... before he went for that last taste of life.. :( I feel like a close friend of mine has died. I've never been so close to a character in a book..

fantastic

this is amazing if youve read some of bean saga or shadow saga. im anxious for the last book.

book is great but audio is terrible

don't know what happened, but a great book was spoiled by but audio. from chapter 8 onwards, the audio is terrible and keeps jumping and skipping full chapters. not recommended only for the audio

What happens next?

Is there a follow up to this book? I can't find one that continues to follow the kids. Please say yes!

love it

grate book I could not stop listening. grate performance. I would recommend this book to everyone

Short, but tender.

Upon reaching the end of this book, is a commentary by the author. He states that this book was to be an experiment about selling smaller books at a lower price-point, while retaining the emotional impact and narrative journey of a full length novel. In this case, he delivers.

Shadows in Flight is the end of the Shadow series, while opening up the remaining story arcs for the final book in the Enderverse series -- who coincidentally at the time of my writing this, will release on Audible tomorrow, over a decade after this book was written.

While this story is short, it's a rewarding listen for those who have made it this far into the series. It's sort of like having waffles and whipped cream for dinner. Under most circumstances, you'd expect something more robust or something larger; but once in a while, it's okay to just have a dessert. If you enjoy it, then that's good enough.

As per usual, the acting is superb with the familiar cast. With performances this consistently perfect, it's hard to imagine these stories being told in any other medium, no matter how hard Hollywood might want to try.

Great but Short

This book scratched an itch and is a clear logical continuation of the previous shadow book. However, it was a much shorter story-- only about half as long as the previous four books-- and felt like it shouldn't have cost as much as it did, despite the good story.

Great listen too short

What did you love best about Shadows in Flight?

It closed the loop on Bean? And introduced us to the kids. Hope he expands on the ending, what happens to the kids?

What was one of the most memorable moments of Shadows in Flight?

Sargent trying to off the old man, finding the Formic ship,and the relationship with the last few Formics.

Which scene was your favorite?

Moving Bean from one ship to the Formic ship, and his feeling of freedom.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was a good listen

Any additional comments?

Please keep them coming!

Orson Scott Card we need more Ender!

If you could sum up Shadows in Flight in three words, what would they be?

Great but short

What did you like best about this story?

The paralell between the Ender siblings and the Bean siblings is irresistible

Which scene was your favorite?

Ender's meeting of the mind with the Drone.