Shadow of The Hegemon: Summary and book reviews of Shadow of The Hegemon by Orson Scott Card, plus links to an excerpt from Shadow of The Hegemon and a biography of Orson Scott Card.

In Ender's Game, Ender Wiggins triumphed over an alien race that aimed to destroy the earth. But Ender was not the only brilliant boy in the Battle School. Ender's Shadow told the tale of another precocious general, Bean, who became Ender's strategist and friend. Now in Shadow of the Hegemon, Bean becomes the tactical genius who wins the earth for Ender's brother, Peter, the Hegemon.

Media Reviews

Publishers Weekly Children playing at war as if it were a game recalls Card's most famous work, Ender's Game .... The complexity and serious treatment of the book's young protagonists will attract many sophisticated young adult readers, while Card's impeccable prose, fast pacing and political intrigue will appeal to adult fans of spy novels, thrillers and science fiction.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by mcdede
Ender's Game is one of my favorite books and I really enjoyed Ender's Shadow so it was dissapointing that I disliked this book so much. I thought the characters were very flat. I found their bickering and little arguments really annoying. I...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Z age 12
i luved dis book. it rocks. i don read books 2 much but this 1 wuz grate. it rules.

Rated of 5 by anonymous
This book was superb. It was full of action, drama, tragedy, and there was a little love. (If you read on to Shadow Puppets, the sequel, then you will see what Petra really feels about Bean!) I loved this book and read it 3 times in a row! It was...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Very intersting and well written
Intersting but could have been better. Didn't catch my interest soon enough though.

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