Orson Scott Card's award-winning Ender series is a genuine classic of science fiction. In SHADOW PUPPETS, the third book in the new series following ENDER'S SHADOW and SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON, Ender's fellow pupils from Battle School face a terrible new enemy ...Manoeuvring through international politics and war, Peter Wiggin and Achilles fight a shadow-battle of propaganda and assassination. Each is determined to defeat the other and become Hegemon of Earth, but each has fought the other to a stalemate. Ender's greatest friend, Bean, might tip that balance, but he refuses to ally his tactical genius to either side . But now cloned embyros carrying Bean's brilliant intelligence have fallen into the hands of Achilles' people. If Bean cannot reclaim them Achilles will become unstoppable ...Find out more about this and other titles at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
I read this book in one day (granted, while travelling) so it was good enough to not want to put it down. While it wasn't amazing I am definitely interested in the characters and their arcs. However, I did feel that the writing was a bit heavy handed, childish, and preachy at times. I'm not reading it for the author's craft (if you want that, go run get The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss) but to see where everyone ends up. Ultimately this is the 7th (? wow) book I've read by OSC and it feels like things are getting weaker. However, I'll probably stick it out and read the next one.
