and leads into the Speaker for the Dead series which are about the lead character of Ender's Game - a good series in itself, but not especially about boys (both Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead got both the Nebula and hugo awards, in, I think successive years. Ender's Shadow tells the same story as Ender's Game, though from the perspective of one of the minor characters in the first book; the other books of that series - the latest of which 'Shadow Puppets' was only published last month - tell us more of the story of Bean. Songmaster is in a wholly different mythos - so can be read seperately. All are highly recommended, though it is wise to read them in the right order. |