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Shadow of the Hegemon (Shadow Saga) (Paperback)

by Orson Scott Card (Author)
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  • Paperback: 444 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit (4 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841490660
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841490663
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 205,792 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Orson Scott Card keeps returning to his first published story "Ender's Game" (1977). He expanded it into the acclaimed 1985 novel Ender's Game, winning Hugo and Nebula awards and spawning several sequels. More recently, Ender's Shadow reworked the original tale of precocious boy soldier Ender saving the world from alien hordes at terrible personal cost, as told from the different, colder viewpoint of his even younger lieutenant Bean.

Now Ender has been sent to the stars as too dangerously charismatic a military leader to keep on Earth. Without the common alien threat, our global alliance is disintegrating. Ender's top strategists like Bean are in demand by would-be conquering countries. Kidnappings rapidly follow.

Four strange, tortured teenagers dominate the book. Ender's brilliant but twisted brother Peter is already manipulating international politics as respected political pundit "Locke", hoping to become world ruler or Hegemon. He needs the genetically enhanced abilities of Bean, who's mainly concerned with the fate of kidnapped Petra--the only girl to reach the top rank at Ender's Battle School. Meanwhile boy serial killer Achille, the villain of Ender's Shadow, has sold his strategic talents to more than one nation, and has scores to settle ...

Shadow of the Hegemon lacks glittering SF hardware and seems almost old-fashioned after the planet-busting supertechnology of Ender's Game. What makes it compulsive reading is Card's uncannily sure handling of character, especially flawed characters and their painful moral choices. Minor figures like Ender's parents acquire new depth, and we care when people die. Recommended--but do read the books in sequence. A third "Shadow" novel follows. --David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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'Haunting, compulsive, urgently readable...Story-telling genius' INTERZONE 'Certain to be one of the most sought-after books of the year' LOCUS 'Full of surprises...Intense is the word for Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME' NEW YORK TIMES 'The emotional punch is still as powerful as ever. Excellent' SFX 'An extraordinarily talented author' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's not only excellent. It's AWESOME!, 14 Mar 2003
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This time the battlefield is set firmly on terra firma, Earth! Ender and his sister, Valentine are not around. The intelligent children from Battle School were trying to blend back into life on Earth when they were kidnapped, except for Bean. He, his family, and his neighbors were bombed! Bean went into hiding with Sister Carlotta. Ender's brother, Peter Wiggin, was their only hope.

Peter may only have been a teen, but his intelligence at politics and pulling strings were as great as any of the Battle School Grads were at commanding! He held two names on the nets. Both were well known and had much influence. He was "Locke", known as a peacemaker, and he was "Demosthene". He would help retrieve the brilliant children. But Petra was the most important and she was held prisoner by Achilles! Peter intended to rule the world...and soon. He would become the Hegemon. But first, he and Bean must become alliances to defeat Achilles, before he manages to destroy all the nations!

***** Orson Scott Card's deep thinking strategies on national and global politics, as well as, on national and global military tactics are proven once again to the Sci-Fi reading public!

The story mainly follows Bean, with Petra and Peter as secondary characters. But my vanity makes me like Petra the most. After all, change the P in her name to D and you have MY name! But more than that, I enjoyed watching her (as a 14 year old) using logic against grown men who trained in psychiatry. Petra has a way of seeing things more clearly than most. Here is a story that will hit the best seller lists almost immediately! It is not only excellent, it is awesome!

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, good book., 26 Jun 2001
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This review is from: Shadow of the Hegemon (Shadow Saga) (Hardcover)
I liked Shadow of the Hegemon just fine. It is not on a par with Ender's Shadow or with Ender's Game, but as someone else pointed out: the story needed telling, and it is great to read.

However, I was disappointed in the way Peter ascends to the position of Hegemon. The title suggests that we learn about this in detail, but really it just more or less happens at some point in the book.

Maybe Card is setting up an angle to write another series of books about Peter, but that would seem strange, because in this book sometimes the focus shifts away from Bean and to Peter's own thoughts and experiences. How can Card build on that for another series?

My conclusion: The book is more than worth your while. There are a lot of cliffhangers to anticipate the next two announced books and the story itself captured me completely. This is however by no means the best book of the series, and more of an in-between than a seperate work. You might want to wait reading it until the third Shadow book goes on sale.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but by no means essential., 14 Aug 2001
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This review is from: Shadow of the Hegemon (Shadow Saga) (Hardcover)
Where do I start? Ah yes, I first of all read the totally amazing Ender's Game and, after being so astounded by the brilliance of the book, decided to read the rest of the Ender Saga. This was the last book of the Saga which I read.

This book, while gripping in places, is in no way an essential chapter of the Saga. Don't get me wrong, it was OK, it was interesting reading about Peter's gradual rise to Hegemony, the sub-plot with Bean was good, but overall I don't think I would have been too upset had I not read this book...

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Wholly Different Approach
Since I picked up 'Ender's Game' by accident and fell in love with Orson Scott-Card's work, I have been impressed by his ability to express very complex plotlines and stunning... Read more
Published on 23 Jul 2003 by j24uk

1.0 out of 5 stars Now I remember why I stopped reading science fiction
I grew up, that's why. I read this on holiday as it was one of only a few English language books in the hotel. Pretentious, overblown, ridiculous. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Samuel Huntington writes SF
While having enjoyed most of Card's previous Ender and Shadow series, this book completely disappointed me. Read more
Published on 28 May 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Tactics doesn't make strategy!
I have been thinking a lot of what is wrong with this book. Finally, I conclude that the problem is the basic startingpoint. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2001 by Normann Aaboe Nielsen

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable
We can all agree the book's not as great as Ender's Game - but when you start the comparing game, your views get totally screwed up. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book. Shame about the story.
Book 2 of the Shadow Trilogy...

This is a story which needed to be told, but it is not as compelling as 'Ender's Shadow'. It is a completely differently paced novel. Read more

Published on 11 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars I think this will be a good conclusion
I think Shadow of the Hemegon will be an excellent book, and a worthy expansion of Ender's legacy. If you have read the other books of the Series, mainly Children of the Mind, you... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2001

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