The Last Shadow

Other Tales from the Ender Universe

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Justine Eyre, Kirby Heyborne, Orson Scott Card, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Judy Young

Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender series and the Ender's Shadow series, as the children of Ender and Bean solve the great problem of the Ender Universe - the deadly virus they call the descolada, which is incurable and will kill all of humanity if it were allowed to escape from Lusitania.

One planet.

Three sapient species living peacefully together.

And one deadly virus that could wipe out every world in the Starways Congress, killing billions.

Is the only answer another great Xenocide?

This program is read by Emily Rankin, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Judy Young, Justine Eyre, Kirby Heyborne, Orson Scott Card, Scott Brick, and Stefan Rudnicki.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

©2021 Orson Scott Card (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

AMAZING

After reading the other reviews on Audible about this book, I was very skeptical to say the least. I have listened to every single book in the xenocide series and the shadow series and a couple of the prequel books. I believe the other reviews are unjustified. If you have read, at least the Xenocide and shadow series, you should be able to comprehend, understand, and enjoy this entire book. I am a sci-fi, lover, and Enders game was one of the first books that I truly enjoyed listening to. Because of this have made it a goal of mine to obtain and listen to the rest of the Ender-verse novels. I have listened to all of the books ( including this one ) through high-quality Headphones and experienced no issues in the audio. I think that Orson Scott Card introducing a few new, intelligent species/modified humans was fantastic and a great way to tie together the shadow and Xenocide series. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves sci-fi, and has read those two series. I think they have to owe this novel with love and an open mind. I thought the overall content of the story was great and I especially enjoyed the afterword by Orson Scott Card. Like I previously stated, the performance was great as well and overall I am absolutely glad that I decided to ignore the other reviews and listen to this book.

incredible ending to a really amazing story

top notch writing and performance. Orson Scott Card never ceases to deliver. full cast of talented performers and voices. absolutely satisfying.

it was amazing

I definitely never thought the route it actually took the history I am very pleased with the results. superb job like always mister Orson Scott Card.

Who…edited this?

Don’t get me wrong, this is my favorite author, these are my favorite audio book actors because of these stories, and I encourage everyone to listen to these. But who the heck is the other voice that keeps popping up? Definitely a couple times in chapter 5, there is a different voice inserted to edit words. Please fix this.

I should have guessed

Card refuses to completely finish his stories. If the prospective reader has come this far down the threads that lead here, that should not be a surprise. his storytelling is on par with the other parts. like another author who made multiple independent stories come together, his greatest challenge was keeping the cast reasonable. lots of characters need to share the stage to resolve what will be resolved. he did this well. I like the solution to the threat, I might wish that the apparently hostile people were dealt with, but then solitary confinement is perhaps punishment enough. I am glad I found this book, and heard it. the performance was excellent as always.

Clearly a wrap-up of an outstanding series.

Nostalgic and clearly the end of a great series and story. A little too much of a fantasy type story for me. It was clearly a wrap-up of children of key characters, their flaws and their struggles to become somewhat "acceptable" in maturing process. Sad to see it end, but the story is done and the books finished.

Voice issues

It’s crazy that the editing of the voices is worse on this classic than on lighter sci-fi.

Going to miss the shadows

Great conclusion to an entire universe as much as I would love to see another 15 or 20 books I’m fairly happy with how the whole series was concluded in this book 

Not Card's best, but ...

The story isn't among Card's most genius works, but it's still worth your time - and a must-read if you're a fan of the enderverse.

The adio production is sadly among the worst I've heard from Audible. The main bulk of the book is luckily read very professionally, but parts are very badly performed, the sound quality is variable and there are even shockingly abrupt inserts of phrases that were apparently omitted in the original file.

16 years too late and just rubbish!

This was my last book from Orson. I guess sometimes it's time for an author to retire before it gets this bad. Otherwise a fantastic performance from the narrated team!