Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card

       The Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card is a sequal to the Ender’s Shadow. Like the Ender’s Shadow, this is in a Bean’s perspective. It takes place after the war with formics. Bean and other Ender’s crewmembers face dangers from greedy world leaders, who want to use the kids’ power to take control of the world. One of them is Achilles who succeeds to capture every other Ender’s crew except Bean. Bean takes challenge to face against Achilles who wanted to kill Bean since they were young. As Achilles becomes a new rising leader and plans to take control of many countries, Bean seeks help to Peter Wiggins who is also an influential world’s popular politician. Although, Bean wants to bring Achilles down, his most important goal is to rescue Petra and prevent her from being Achilles’ another victim like Pope. Unlike, the Ender’s Shadow and Ender’s Game, the setting takes place on Earth. This book is interesting because it shows how Bean also has his emotions. Also the book shows a lot of conflicts between Achilles and Bean; Achilles’ malicious actions are unpredictable and interesting, making the readers to question his actions. Indeed, Bean almost gets killed several times. I would like to recommend this book to anyone who likes the Ender’s Games series or other science fiction books. Although it is not about aliens and space, it still intrigues the readers and I personally like this book just as much as any other Ender’s Game series. ~ Jun Y. (per. 7/8)