Tag: Outerspace

Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card isn’t exactly a sequel to Ender’s Game. It’s more of a parallel to the book, filling in its gaps from Ender’s friend, Bean’s, point of view. It covers Bean’s backstory and how he got into the space program along with how he eventually got put into Ender’s team. It even covers a lot of coincidences that Ender had been to naïve to realize until too late.

I really enjoyed the book because it had a lot of interesting information that paired well with Ender’s game. I’d recommend this book to whoever who likes Sci-fi with a lot of adventure. Reading Ender’s Game beforehand is optional, since most of the necessary information from Ender’s Game is covered in Ender’s Shadow too.

In Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card, we follow Ender and his sister, Valentine. Although it says that it’s a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, I would recommend against treating it as so because there are multiple books explaining the events between these two books. It also spoils that will happen in Bean’s story arc, so it’s best read after you read this after Ender’s story arc, Bean’s story arc, and Speaker for the Dead. It is about when news of Ender being known as a ruthless assassin spreads because he had accidentally killed two children. He wasn’t allowed to return to Earth, so he spends his time in space and colonizing other planets.

I really enjoyed reading this book despite not finishing Speaker of the Dead because most of the information was lightly covered in the book. It was nice to have closure to Bean’s story as well as knowing what has happened to Ender. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the Ender’s game series so they can have knowledge as to what happens to the characters.