The worldwide bestseller, “Ender's Game” by Orson Scott Card is joined by “Ender's Shadow” in this 2 book boxed set.

Although 5th in Ender publication order, Ender's Shadow is a parallel novel to Ender's Game, telling many of the same events from the perspective of Bean (a peripheral character in Ender's Game).

Ender's Game
Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it?

Ender's Shadow
If Julian Delphiki, known as “Bean,” has learned anything from living on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists–he is too small for that–but with brains. Bean is a genius with a magician's ability to zero in on his enemy and exploit his weakness. What could be a better quality in a future general to lead Earth in a final climactic battle against a hostile alien race? Recruited for Battle School, a military installation designed to select and train children as future officers in the International Fleet, Bean meets Ender Wiggin: soon to become his best friend, and his greatest rival…

Author Biography

Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel “Ender's Game” and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Quintet, the five books that chronicle the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, that follows on the novel “Ender's Shadow” and are set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, that tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien “Buggers.”