Ender in Exile

Orson Scott Card's continued return to Ender Wiggin's Universe is something I have deeply enjoyed again and again. This is the 9th novel that contributes to this series which also includes several graphic novels and several short stories. I guess since Ender's Game this has been Card's most commercially seccessful work, it makes sense that he will return again and again, and I do not mind a bit. It has been very satisfying to revisit with characters I have previously met. One of the interesting things about these books is that they have not really been writen in order. There are technically 4 stories within these nine books. Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow tell the story of the Battle School and the Third war with the Formics. Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giant are the story of the wars on Earth following the extermination of the Formics. Ender in Exile is a stand alone story that overlaps and follows several of the stroylines in the book previously mentioned. Finally Speaker for the Dead, Zenocide, and Children of the Mind bring together Ender and the 3 known centient species centuries after the earlier stories.

These stories are all very interesting and even though my favorite continues to be Ender's Game they are all very good books that I will read again and again.