Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Tor Book, Mar 4, 2014 - Juvenile Fiction - 384 pages

The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all.

Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who?

Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child.

Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. Isn't it?

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

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Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 9
• CONTENTS: 10
• Introduction: 11
• 1 Third: 31
• 2 Peter: 39
• 3 Graff: 46
• 4 Launch: 58
• 5 Games: 69
• 6 The Giants Drink: 87
• 7 Salamander: 99
• 8 Rat: 132
• 9 Locke and Demosthenes: 155
• 10 Dragon: 191
• 11 Veni Vidi Vici: 210
• 12 Bonzo: 238
• 13 Valentine: 267
• 14 Enders Teacher: 296
• 15 Speaker for the Dead: 349

About the author

ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the international bestsellers Shadow of the Giant, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Ender's Shadow, and of the beloved classic of science fiction, Ender's Game, as well as the acclaimed fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ender's Game; Volume 1 of Ender Wiggin saga; Ender Wiggins Quartet; Volume 1 of Ender saga, Orson Scott Card; Volume 1 of The Ender Quintet
• Author: Orson Scott Card
• Illustrated by: John Harris
• Contributor: Ted Hipple Young Adult Literature Collection
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Tor Book, 2014
• ISBN: 0765378485, 9780765378484
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction; Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact; Young Adult Fiction / War & Military