Follows the life of Ender Wiggin's comrade Bean, from his escape from the mean streets of Rotterdam, to his student days at the Battle School, and to his role as Ender's right hand ally, strategist, and friend in the epic struggle to save Earth from alien invaders Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with the novel that begins The Shadow Series and allows us to reenter Ender's world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Ender's Shadow is Card's parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and complements the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion.The human race is at War with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth--they have time to train these future commanders up from childhood, forging then into an irresistible force in the high orbital facility called the Battle School.Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this new book, card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean--the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers.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's. 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.Bean's desperate struggle to live, and his success, brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender....THE ENDER UNIVERSEEnder seriesEnder's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the MindEnder's Shadow seriesEnder's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in FlightChildren of the FleetThe First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth AwakensThe Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)The Swarm /The HiveEnder novellasA War of Gifts /First Meetings Foreword 11(2) I. URCHIN 13(56) 1. Poke 15(10) 2. Kitchen 25(15) 3. Payback 40(14) 4. Memories 54(15) II. LAUNCHY 69(68) 5. Ready or Not 71(14) 6. Ender's Shadow 85(20) 7. Exploration 105(19) 8. Good Student 124(13) III. SCHOLAR 137(54) 9. Garden of Sofia 139(9) 10. Sneaky 148(10) 11. Daddy 158(17) 12. Roster 175(16) IV. SOLDIER 191(60) 13. Dragon Army 193(12) 14. Brothers 205(13) 15. Courage 218(18) 16. Companion 236(15) V. LEADER 251(66) 17. Deadline 253(23) 18. Friend 276(18) 19. Rebel 294(10) 20. Trial and Error 304(13) VI. VICTOR 317(63) 21. Guesswork 319(14) 22. Reunion 333(19) 23. Ender's Game 352(22) 24. Homecoming 374(6) Acknowledgments 380