Shadows in Flight [Paperback]

Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new novel...

At the end ofShadow 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 Flightis the fifth novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow Series.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE

Ender series
Enders Game/Speaker for the Dead/Xenocide/Children of the Mind/Ender in Exile/Children of the Fleet

Enders Shadow series
Enders 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

Card's latest installment in his Shadow subseries&does a superlative job of dramatically portraying the maturing process of child into adult&. Card makes the important point that there's always more than one side to every issue. Fans will marvel at how subtly he has prepared for the clever resolution. Publishers Weekly, starred rlÄ