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Ender in Exile: Limited Edition (The Ender Quintet) Hardcover – November 11, 2008
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After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed best-selling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game.
In Ender's Game, the world's most gifted children were taken from their families and sent to an elite training school. At Battle School, they learned combat, strategy, and secret intelligence to fight a dangerous war on behalf of those left on Earth. But they also learned some important and less definable lessons about life.
After the life-changing events of those years, these children―now teenagers―must leave the school and readapt to life in the outside world.
Having not seen their families or interacted with other people for years―where do they go now? What can they do?
Ender fought for humanity, but he is now reviled as a ruthless assassin. No longer allowed to live on Earth, he enters into exile. With his sister Valentine, he chooses to leave the only home he's ever known to begin a relativistic―and revelatory―journey beyond the stars.
What happened during the years between Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead? What did Ender go through from the ages of 12 through 35? The story of those years has never been told. Taking place 3000 years before Ender finally receives his chance at redemption in Speaker for the Dead, this is the long-lost story of Ender.
For twenty-three years, millions of readers have wondered and now they will receive the answers. Ender in Exile is Orson Scott Card's moving return to all the action and the adventure, the profound exploration of war and society, and the characters one never forgot.
On one of these ships, there is a baby that just may share the same special gifts as Ender's old friend Bean…
THE ENDER UNIVERSE
Ender series
Ender’s Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind
Ender’s Shadow series
Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight
Children of the Fleet
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
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTor Books
- Publication dateNovember 11, 2008
- Dimensions6.14 x 1 x 9.21 inches
- ISBN-100765304961
- ISBN-13978-0765304964
- Lexile measure840L
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“An affecting novel full of surprises.” ―The New York Times Book Review on Ender's Game
“The novels of Orson Scott Card's Ender series are an intriguing combination of action, military and political strategy, elaborate war games and psychology.” ―USA Today
“Card's prose is powerful here, as is his consideration of mystical and quasi-religious themes. Though billed as the final Ender novel, this story leaves enough mysteries unexplored to justify another entry; and Card fans should find that possibility, like this novel, very welcome indeed. ” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Children of the Mind
“Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer.” ―The Houston Post on Xenocide
“There aren't too many recent sf novels we can confidently call truly moral works, but Speaker for the Dead is one. It's a completely gripping story.” ―The Toronto Star
“An undeniable heavyweight . . . This book combines Card's quirky style with his hard ethical dilemmas and sharply drawn portraits.” ―New York Daily News on Ender's Game
“This is Card at the height of his very considerable powers--a major SF novel by any reasonable standard.” ―Booklist on Ender's Game
About the Author
Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Saga, which chronicles the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, which follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and is set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, which tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977--the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin.
Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.
He is the author many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), and stand-alone novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's work also includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old.
Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card. He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.
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- Publisher : Tor Books (November 11, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0765304961
- ISBN-13 : 978-0765304964
- Lexile measure : 840L
- Item Weight : 1.6 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.14 x 1 x 9.21 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #885,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,150 in Space Marine Science Fiction
- #10,790 in Space Operas
- #17,129 in Science Fiction Adventures
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About the author
Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series (Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors) and the fantasy Mithermages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief, Gatefather) are taking readers in new directions.
Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts, including his "freshened" Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice.
Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.
Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, where his primary activities are writing a review column for the local Rhinoceros Times and feeding birds, squirrels, chipmunks, possums, and raccoons on the patio.
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The world building, plots and ingenious detail are captivating, Cards ability to write a character, any character, that has the depth of a family member to the reader, is by far his greatest gift. From the Enderverse and the Alvin Maker Tales to his stand alone novels like Homebody and Treasure Box, Mr. Card has masterfully crafted character driven stories that remain in my mind for years after enjoying the book.
Exile is no different, and in fact provides the enrichment of these characters I didn't even know I craved until I read the book. I would guess Orson Scott Card will go down as one of the true geniuses of story telling.
So was it worth the wait? Well, yes and no.
The "no" part came from the fact that I had already read many of the pages that came from the short stories I had already purchased and read on OSC's e-zine Intergalactic Medicine Show and part because it really lacked the typical flow of cadence in an OSC story, probably due to the fact that it seemed to be a collection of novellas rather than one story. But what do you do, when people are clamoring for a story from you nonstop? I imagine you try to make a marketable product while there is a demand for the product.
So the "yes" part it ties up a lot of loose ends in the enderverse. I would have liked them to be tied with some different bows, but I was still very moved by the story lines and especially by the overall morality of the Ender stories, that family is what is worth living and dying for and the world of man owes huge debts of gratitude to those who willingly sacrifice so the rest of us aren't forced to.
What I am also fascinated with, is how OSC has created such a desire in his readers to know the contents of his two imaginary books "The Hegemon and The Hive Queen". I think personally he is smart to not write them down, because how could they live up to expectations. But one wonders.
So here's the deal,
Ender in Exile is a book that is only for fans. If this is your first book in the series, I think you will be frustrated. However, if you read all the Shadow books before reading this I think you will enjoy it very much. I know I did.
4 ¼ *
I Recommend reading this first!
The Ender's Shadow Series Box Set: Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant
That being said, the book really does take off almost immediately after Ender's Game. The War with the Formaics has been won, and Earth is debating as to whether or not to allow Ender to return. Peter and Valentine, Ender's brother and sister, get involved, and it's very interesting to see how they feel.
The book continues by talking about the voyage that Ender and Valentine experience as they travel to Shakespeare, the settlement Ender has been sent to govern. We learn about his battles with understanding the Hive Queen and why they decided to let Ender kill them, and even find out more about Bean and Petra's lost child that is "forgotten" during the end of the Shadow series.
All in all, a fantastic book. I will say that it wasn't a book, at least for me, that kept me dying to read more, but it did hold my attention. I never felt like it was too slow, but it was exciting enough that I continued through it.
If you're an Ender fan, this one is definitely worth the read.