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SHADOW PUPPETS by Orson Scott Card - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKSee all titles by Orson Scott Card.
Fantasy master Orson Scott Card brings us a new installment in his
classic Ender saga. Bean, the genetic anomaly who served as
second-in-command during the genocidal war against the Formics in Ender's Game, returns in a series of "parallel" novels beginning with Ender's Shadow and continuing with Shadow of the Hegemon,
which focus both on Bean's career and on the turbulent, divisive
aftermath of the Formic War. Now he's back in another powerful tale.
Shadow Puppets begins when reigning hegemon Peter Wiggin rescues
Achilles Flandres, a charismatic psychopath imprisoned in China,
foolishly believing he can control Achilles. As Peter comes to terms
with his own folly, various interconnected dramas unfold. Bean and his
girlfriend, Petra Arkanian, go to ground, convinced that Achilles wants
them dead. In India, a young idealist propagates a Gandhi-like act of
revolt against the voracious Chinese usurpers. And in Damascus, a
clandestine Muslim army arises, preparing -- with the aid of Bean and
Petra -- to launch a war of liberation against the overextended Chinese
empire.
The result is a sometimes overcrowded narrative in which the fate of
nations is once again in the hands of gifted children. Set against this
overarching scenario, balancing and humanizing it, is the small,
personal story of Bean and Petra, and their obsessive, ultimately
dangerous efforts to bear healthy, "normal" children. Card has always
been both storyteller and moralist, and his narratives are driven by
clearly defined moral imperatives. In Shadow Puppets,
he addresses large, fundamental questions concerning loyalty,
responsibility, and the importance of humane, ethical standards in our
public and private lives. The resulting narrative is quintessential
Card: impassioned, argumentative, and difficult to set aside.
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