Not very futuristic science fiction, so it did not really appeal to me. Nevertheless, the book was brilliant, as you can expect of OSC. I am still eager to continue The Shadow Series. Hopefully, it will be a bit more political and less realistic military strategy.
What's interesting is that it is very similar to The Eugenics Wars Volume 2, simply significantly better. ( )

I had a hard time trying to decide between 3 or 4 stars. I sometimes have to remind myself that 3 stars is still considered good, maybe not great or perfect but still good and worth the read. I really did enjoy the book and it was what I was expecting. In this one we follow Bean and Petra having returned to Earth after the war and the politics and political problems the world faces with having super intelligent and trained commanders returning home. Of course there is Achilles who becomes a thorn in the whole mess. If you liked the Ender series and Ender's Shadow then you should like this sequel to Ender's Shadow.
I had read Ender's Shadow a long time ago when it first came out but remember most of it so I did not re-read it again before starting this.
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Ender y su equipo de niños precoces, convertidos en brillantes estrategas, han permitido que la humanidad venciera en la guerra contra los insectores. El enemigo exterior ha quedado totalmente destruido, la especie humana se ha salvado y los viejos problemas provocados por la ambición, la política y la guerra vuelven a convertir la Tierra en el habitual campo de batalla entre humanos, ahora que la amenaza externa ha desaparecido.
Ender se ha marchado con Valentine, pero lo cierto es que los niños de la Escuela de Batalla retornados a la Tierra serán considerados algo más que héroes: son armas potenciales en la nueva guerra que se avecina. Todos ellos, menos uno, son secuestrados por diversas potencias y Bean, el lugarteniente de Ender acostumbrado a operar en la sombra, deberá afrontar la situación asociándose a Peter, el genial hermano mayor de Ender, cuyas ambiciones políticas tal vez le conduzcan a regir el planeta como nuevo Hegemón.

Shmeh. Ender's Shadow was a refreshing visit back to Ender's Game. This was not. ( )

Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender, Book 6) by Orson Scott Card (2001)