Enders Game series Wikipedia. The Enders Game series often referred to as the Ender saga and also the Enderverse is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card. The series started with the novelette Enders Game, which was later expanded into the novel of the same title. It currently consists of fifteen novels, thirteen short stories, 4. The first two novels in the series, Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead, each won both the Hugo12 and Nebula13 Awards, and were among the most influential science fiction novels of the 1. The series is set in a future where mankind is facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insect like race known formally as Formics, but more colloquially as Buggers. The series protagonist, Andrew Ender Wiggin, is one of the child soldiers trained at Battle School and eventually Command School to be the future leaders for the protection of Earth. EnderverseeditEnder serieseditStarting with Enders Game, five novels also known as the Ender Quintet have been released that tell the story of Ender. Card first wrote Enders Game as a novelette, but went back and expanded it into a novel so that he could use Ender in another novel, Speaker for the Dead. Game Shadow Man' title='Game Shadow Man' />Includes downloads, cheats, reviews, and articles. The Shadow Lands is a location on the continent of Essos, located thousands of miles to the east. A Shadow Game Yami no Gmu, literally Game of Darkness or Dark Game is a contest in the. That novel takes place three thousand two years after Enders Game, although, due to relativistic space travel, Ender himself now using his full name Andrew is only 3. Formic Wars. While the first novel concerned itself with armies and space warfare, the novels in the Speaker trilogy Speaker for the Dead and its two sequels Xenocide and Children of the Mind are more philosophical in nature. They deal with the difficult relationship between the humans and the Piggies or Pequeninos, and Andrews Enders attempts to stop another xenocide from happening. A War of Gifts An Ender Story was released in October 2. It is a parallel story set during Enders first year in Battle School. A prequel to Speaker for the Dead named Ender in Exile was released in November 2. It involves Enders journey to the first colony and thus serves as a replacement for the last chapter of Enders Game and as a sequel to the remainder of the novel, as well as his meeting a character from the parallel Shadow saga effectively wrapping up a remaining plotline in the parallel series. Shadow sagaeditStarting with Enders Shadow, five more novels have been released that tell the story of the people whom Ender left behind this has been dubbed the Shadow saga also known as the Shadow Quintet. Enders Shadow is a parallel novel to Enders Game, telling many of the same events from the perspective of Bean, a mostly peripheral character in Enders Game, while the first three sequels, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giant tell the story of the struggle for world dominance after the Bugger War. This involves the Battle School children, as well as Enders brother, Peter Wiggin, and Petra Arkanian going up against Achilles de Flandres from Pokes crew. A sequel novel to Shadow of the Giant named Shadows in Flight further introduces three of Beans children, those who also have Antons key turned. Shadows Alive, a future sequel, takes place after both Children of the Mind and Shadows in Flight, tying up the two series, and explaining some unanswered questions. Formic WarseditThe First Formic WareditCard and Aaron Johnston wrote a trilogy to cover the events of the First Formic War. Chronologically, this series comes before all other books in the Enders Game series. Earth Unaware was released on July 1. Earth Afire, was released on June 4, 2. Earth Awakens6 on June 1. The Second Formic WareditOn November 4, 2. Johnston confirmed7 work on a second trilogy of novels covering the Second Formic War, with the manuscript for the first book due in 2. The planned titles of the novels are in order The Swarm, The Hive, and The Queens. The Swarm, continuing the stories of Victor Delgado Vico, Mazer Rackham, and Bingwen,1. August 2, 2. 01. 6. Fleet SchooleditAccording to an interview with Orson Scott Card1. Southern Virginia University, Fleet School1. Enders Game. Its for a young adult audience. Its what happens to Battle School after the International Fleet loses its purpose of war. It becomes what is called Fleet School, and it prepares kids to become commanders explorers in the colonies that are going to be forming. We get to see that as the school administrators repurpose the school, the Battle Room is still there, but its a whole different kind of education. On November 1. Orson Scott Card announced the title of the series and its first novel,1. Children of the Fleet was released on October 1. PublicationseditNovels in the serieseditTo date, there are six novels in the Enders Game series, five novels in the Shadow Saga and 4 novels in the Formic Wars series. According to Card, there is no strictly preferred order of reading them, except that Xenocide should be read right before Children of the Mind. The books can be read in the order in which they were originally written or in chronological order. Publication dateeditTitle. Ps2 Hd Loader 0 8C Iso. Words. Release. AwardsNotes. Enders Game. 10. Nebula Award winner, 1. Hugo Award winner, 1. Locus Award nominee, 1. Speaker for the Dead. Nebula Award winner, 1. Hugo Locus Awards winner, 1. Campbell Award nominee, 1. Xenocide. 18. 3,0. Hugo and Locus Awards nominee, 1. Children of the Mind. Enders Shadow. 14. Shortlisted for a Locus Award, 2. Shadow of the Hegemon. Shortlisted for a Locus Award, 2. Shadow Puppets. 99,5. Shadow of the Giant. A War of Gifts An Ender Story. Ender in Exile. 12. Shadows in Flight. Earth Unaware. 12. Earth Afire. 14. 7,1. Earth Awakens. 13. The Swarm. 15. 4,5. Children of the Fleet. TBA2. 01. 71. 7The Hive9TBATBA1. The Queens9TBATBA1. Shadows Alive3. 5TBATBAShadows in Flight was originally planned as part of Shadows Alive3. Total. 1,7. 54,7. Chronological ordereditEarth Unaware. Earth Afire. Earth Awakens. The Swarm. The Hive TBAThe Queens TBAEnders Game. Enders Shadow Note The events of Enders Game and Enders Shadow take place in roughly the same time period. A War of Gifts Note This takes place during Enders GameEnders Shadow. Children of the Fleet. Shadow of the Hegemon. Shadow Puppets. Shadow of the Giant. Ender in Exile Note Beginning takes place during Shadow of the Hegemon and through Shadow of the GiantShadows in Flight. Speaker for the Dead. Xenocide. Children of the Mind. Shadows Alive TBAShort stories in the serieseditFirst MeetingseditFirst Meetings is a collection of short stories whose settings range from before Enders Game until after Shadows in Flight and was first released in 2. Comic books in the serieseditComic books in the Ender Universe are currently being published by Marvel Comics. In 2. 01. 4, Sat Shhs manga, Enders Game Jp Ender no Game appeared. AudioplayeditThe film Enders Game was released in the UK on October 2. USA on November 1, 2. The first script was based on two installments of the Ender series, Enders Game and Enders Shadow, when optioned by Warner Brothers, but was adapted to focus exclusively on Enders Game when purchased by Lionsgate. The cast includes Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, and Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin. The film was directed by Gavin Hood.