Shadow of the Hegemon
by Orson Scott Card
Well, if you liked Ender's Shadow, you'll like this book. I mean, who else is going to be reading this, right? You still have to accept the premise that the world is run by insanely intelligent teenagers sometime in the not-so-distant future. There really aren't many "sci-fi" ideas presented in this book: it's really more like the author is just using the environment he has established from the previous books as a backdrop for various moral and political quandries.
The main character, Bean, continues to be intriguing: he's a unique enough character to justify continuing reading this series. So, I'll probably move right along to reading Shadow Puppets as my next book.
Original Entry from 6/11:
I read the books from the Ender series a few years ago and, for the most part, enjoyed the series. Then a couple of years ago I read the first book in the "parallel" series, Ender's Shadow, and it was surprisingly good. I figured it was time to finish reading the Shadow books, and I hope the quality is maintained (unlike the original series, which got pretty weird towards the end).