The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant
child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender
himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to
their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no
more.
But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield
once more. The children of the Battle School are more than heroes; they
are potential weapons that can bring power to the countries that control
them. One by one, all of Ender's Dragon Army are kidnapped. Only Bean
escapes; and he turns for help to Ender's brother Peter.
Peter Wiggin, Ender's older brother, has already been manipulating the
politics of Earth from behind the scenes. With Bean's help, he will
eventually rule the world.
Shadow of the Hegemon is the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow
Series.
THE ENDER UNIVERSE
Ender series
Ender's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide
/ Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow series
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow
of the Giant / Shadows in Flight
Children of the Fleet
The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens
The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm /The Hive
Ender novellas
A War of Gifts /First Meetings