Shadows in Flight

Shadows in Flight

2013 • 240 pages

Ratings37

Average rating3.2

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Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new novel... At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth's scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten--a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth's history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come. For there in space before them lies a derelict Formic colony ship. Aboard it, they will find both death and wonders--the life support that is failing on their own ship, room to grow, and labs in which to explore their own genetic anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the ship's colony. Shadows in Flight is the fifth novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow Series. THE ENDER UNIVERSE Ender series Ender’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet Ender’s Shadow series Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) The Swarm / The Hive Ender novellas A War of Gifts / First Meetings At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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5 primary books

#5 in The Shadow Series

The Shadow Series is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Orson Scott Card.

Ender's Shadow
The Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Shadows in Flight

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18 primary books

#12 in Enderverse: Publication Order

Enderverse: Publication Order is a 18-book series with 18 primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.

El juego de Ender
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow

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16 primary books17 released books

#15 in The Enderverse

The Enderverse is a 17-book series with 16 primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.

Earth Unaware
Earth Afire
Earth Awakens
The Swarm
The Hive

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Disappointing follow-up in the Ender's Shadow series. I'll probably still read the final installment Shadows Alive anyway to see what happens. I can't say enough good things about both the Ender Quartet and the Shadow series, but I wish Card had stopped this series after Shadow of the Giant.

January 26, 2016

This story occurs years before some of the previously published works in this series - and the author uses some rather silly logic to explain why the secrets revealed in this book never impacted the events that happen in the other books.

June 22, 2018

Interesting short story that brings us one step closer to the end of the narrative of both Bean & Ender Wiggins story lines. Presumably, the next book (Shadows alive) will combine and wrap-up the last narratives in this Universe.

March 7, 2013

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