It's literally been 16 years since I read the previous book in this series. This is the fourth book in the Ender's Shadow series. Back in the day, this was the final book in the series but I guess there are one or two more now? Anyway, I've been meaning to get to this one for a long time, obvs, but I have this weird pattern of not being able to finish off the last books in a series. It's never a good sign when you have to read summary's of the prior books in the series to remind you of any of the characters and prior plot lines. Nonetheless, we read it and it was fine. Nothing too noteworthy or exciting takes place. Lots of war games and political strategy. The longer the book went the more I was ready for it to conclude. It was like a game of Risk, but instead of watching people play Risk, you are watching them talk about playing Risk. Glad to have finally read this one though, but now I have to look into these additional books that are now in the series. It makes sense that other books were added because there were definitely story lines that were left open and I could see some opportunities for some interesting storytelling based on what was left open, mainly with the lady who is raising Achilles's child and of course with Bean and his children on the spaceship. Hopefully I can get to those other books soon, but it realistically could be another decade from now.
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