{"product_id":"9780765362445","title":"The Ender's Shadow Series Box Set: Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis boxed set contains Orson Scott Card's \u003ci\u003eEnder's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Hegemon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Giant\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnder's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Battle School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to pound your skull into pulp for a scrap of apple. If Bean has learned anything on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists. He is way too small for that. But with brains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBean is a genius with a magician's ability to zero in on his enemy and exploit his weakness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat better quality for a future general to lead the Earth in a final climactic battle against a hostile alien race, known as Buggers. At Battle School Bean meets and befriends another future commander - Ender Wiggin - perhaps his only true rival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one problem: for Bean and Ender, the future is now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow of the Hegemon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarth and its society has been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics—the unity enforced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut one person has a better idea. Peter Wiggin, Ender's older, more ruthless, brother, sees that any hope for the future of Earth lies in restoring a sense of unity and purpose. And he has an irresistible call on the loyalty of Earth's young warriors. With Bean at his side, the two will reshape our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the continuing story of Bean and Petra, and the rest of Ender's Dragon Army, as they take their places in the new government of Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow of the Giant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBean, once the smallest student at the Battle School, and Ender Wiggin's right hand, has grown to be a power on Earth. He served the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. Now he wishes for a safe place to build a family—something he has never known—but there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies—old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps. They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look to the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007660572912,"sku":"9780765362445","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765362445_p0.jpg?v=1763664996","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765362445","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}