Shadow of the Giant Author:Orson Scott Card Julian Delphiki grew up being called Bean because he was so very small as a child. But within that tiny body was a mental giant. He was the smallest and youngest student at the Battle School, but he became Ender Wiggin's right hand. Since then, he has grown to be a power on Earth. He serves the Hegemon as strategist and general in the terrib... more »le wars that have followed Ender's defeat of the alien empire attacking Earth. But though he and his wife, Petra, yearn for a safe place to build a family--something he has never known--there is nowhere on Earth that does not harbor his enemies: old enemies from the days in Ender's Jeesh, new enemies from the wars on Earth. To find security, Bean and Petra must once again follow in Ender's footsteps. They must leave Earth behind, in the control of the Hegemon, and look to the new colonies among the stars. But first, there is some unfinished business on Earth.« less