Shadow of the Hegemon
Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · January 2, 2001
The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors.
- Themes
- Postwar political conflict, Children treated as potential weapons, Struggles for global power
- Genres
- Military Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Sci-Fi Adventure
- Published
- Tor/Forge, January 2, 2001
Who it’s for
- For readers interested in postwar struggles for political power
- For readers drawn to stories of kidnapped Battle School children
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The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no more. But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more.
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The children of the Battle School are more than heroes; they are potential weapons that can bring power to the countries that control them. One by one, all of Ender's Dragon Army are kidnapped. Only Bean escapes; and he turns for help to Ender's brother Peter. Peter Wiggin, Ender's older brother, has already been manipulating the politics of Earth from behind the scenes. With Bean's help, he will eventually rule the world. Shadow of the Hegemonis the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow Series
Where it sits
| Military Sci-Fi | 71% |
|---|---|
| Space Opera | 52% |
| Sci-Fi Adventure | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Military Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Orson Scott Card
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- January 2, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Postwar political conflict · Children treated as potential weapons · Struggles for global power
- Reading lane
- Military Sci-Fi