In SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON, we see Bean becoming Peter Wiggin’s general and strategist, as Peter struggles to mold the newly warring nations of Earth back into the unified force that had been created in response to the Formic invasions. The one who was too violent and ruthless for the Battle School. But there is another Wiggin still on Earth – Peter, Ender’s older brother. And there he met Ender….Īfter ENDER’S SHADOW, this series continues the story of what happens on Earth after Ender leaves.Īfter the threat of complete annihilation by the Formic aliens is lifted, Earth’s old nations throw off the yoke of the International Fleet, and return to their old warring ways. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And he lived to grow older.īean’s success brought him to the attention of the Battle School’s recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. 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 safe and successful. He lived on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. In ENDER’S SHADOW, Orson Scott Card tells 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.īean’s past was a battle just to survive. The “Shadow Series” begins with the novel ENDER’S SHADOW, which parallels the events of ENDER’S GAME from a different character’s point of view.Īndrew “Ender” Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School he was just the best of the best.

戰爭遊戲 by Orson Scott Card