Shadows in Flight

The book is short, simple, and relatively sweet. This book occurs from the perspective of Bean and his three children, Ender, Carlotta, and Cincinnatus. Each chapter switches whose perspective it is told from. The little family of four is suffering growing pains on an isolated starship.

To put it simply, it is an impossible parent, with impossible children, facing impossible odds and all tied up with an unlikely result.

Like “Children of the Mind” it provides a good end for one of the main characters and leaves open a universe of possibilities.

Ultimately the book is about being a parent though, and trying to do what is best for one’s children.

Being an avid fan of the Ender Saga and the Shadow Saga I enjoyed this installment and I look forward to “Shadows Alive.”