Ender's Shadow

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. Now Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean - the one who became Ender's right hand, his strategist, and his friend. Bean's past was a battle just to survive on the streets; he was an abandoned child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. Bean's desperate struggle, and his remarkable success, brought him to the attention of the International Fleet's recruiters. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender. . . .