Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his
brilliant Ender Quartet, with the novel that begins The Shadow Series
and allows us to reenter Ender's world anew.
With all the power of his original creation, Ender's Shadow is Card's parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and complements the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion.
The
human race is at War with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. The
first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself
against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an
inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of
military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.
The long
distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of
Earth--they have time to train these future commanders up from
childhood, forging then into an irresistible force in the high orbital
facility called the Battle School.