wiggin, ender (fictional character)

A sequel to "Ender's Shadow, " in which the child-warriors, heroes of the Formic War, have returned to their families on Earth only to become the pawns of nations who want to use them as weapons in their quest for sovereignty.

At the age of twelve Ender Wiggin left his home world and journeyed to the colony worlds with his sister, Valentine. He became governor of one of colonies, but now searches for a planet where the hive queens can be reestablished. On the Ganges colony Ender discovers a sharp young colonist bent on destroying his reputation and ultimately, his life.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer games; but in reality he is being trained to be the military genius that the planet needs in its all-out war with an alien enemy.

Young Ender Wiggin may prove to be the military genius Earth needs to fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race that will determine the future of the human race.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games at the Battle School; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate.

Ender is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but chooses tojourney out to the colonies with his sister, Valentine.

Contains fourteen essays discussing the complexities of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game.

During his first year at the Battle School--where it is against the rules to celebrate religious holidays--Ender decides to give one of his classmates a holiday gift, and starts a fight between the students.

Lusitania seems to be a planet on which three intelligent species--humans, the pequininos, and the Hive Queen--can finally live together, until a virus dangerous to humans but vital to the pequininos is found, and the Starways Congress orders Lusitania and its inhabitants to be destroyed.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin may be humanity's only chance of defeating the Formics, a deadly alien race determined to destroy Earth, but before Ender can face his ultimate challenge, he must survive the physically challenging Battle School.