Shadows in Flight

A short novella picking up years after Bean and his 3 ‘deficient' children have been hurtling through space. The opening was startling for me, but the children's individual personalities become much more fleshed out after the first chapters. There were also some (age-appropriate) space horror vibes from the abandoned alien ship they come across. Overall, whilst adding something new to the Enderverse/ Shadow mythos, I was left wondering where the story goes next whilst also not really feeling emotionally attached. It was a surprisingly emotional, if not short, ending for Bean. I was immensely dissapointed he wasn't reunited with Ender, particularly after his friend shows up in the Formic hive queen visions.