The Last Shadow by Orson Scott CardMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Orson Scott Card's latest novel, The Last Shadow, brings the Ender series and the Shadow saga back into the same timeline and ultimately brings a conclusion to both series.
It is readable and relatable for anyone who has read Ender's Game. It's pretty interesting how Card writes about hyper-intelligent kids, people, and aliens and the interactions among them. This final installment wraps up – loosely – the lives of the principal characters of the whole series: Ender, Jane, Valentine, Bean's children, the Hive Queen, the pequeninos, the descolada virus, etc.
A nice touch is how Card answered many questions about what happened between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. If you are a fan of the Ender Series, I think you will find this book to be an engaging and bittersweet conclusion. Parts meander a bit here and there, but it provides a rewarding ending for the most part.
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