The Last Shadow

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The Last Shadow
The Last Shadow cover.jpg
First edition
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Cover artistJohn Harris
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEnder's Game series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
November 16, 2021
Preceded byChildren of the Mind, Shadows in Flight 

The Last Shadow is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, part of his Ender's Game series. It links the Shadow Saga (the parallel companion series) back to the original Ender Series.

In April 2020, Card announced that he had begun writing the first pages of the novel while quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Ender's Game series
Chronology
In chronological order
Earth Unaware
Earth Afire
Earth Awakens
The Swarm
The Hive
The Queens
"Mazer in Prison"
"The Polish Boy"
"Teacher's Pest"
"Pretty Boy"
"Cheater"
Ender's Game
'Recruiting Valentine'
A War of Gifts
Ender's Shadow
'The League War'
Children of the Fleet
Ender in Exile
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Shadows in Flight
"Investment Counselor"
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
The Last Shadow
In publication order
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
First Meetings
Shadow of the Giant
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
Ender in Exile
Shadows in Flight
Earth Unaware
Earth Afire
Earth Awakens
The Swarm
Children of the Fleet
The Last Shadow
The Hive
The Queens
    Chart    
  Short Stories
  
  Novels
  
  Comics
  
  Audioplay
  
  Film
First Meetings
(in the Enderverse)
(2002 (2003))
Ender's Game
Investment Counselor
The Polish Boy
Teacher's Pest
 
 
Formic Wars:
Burning Earth
(2011)
Formic Wars:
Silent Strike
(2012)
First Formic
War Trilogy
Earth Unaware
(2012)
Earth Afire
(2013)
Earth Awakens
(2014)
War of Gifts
(2010)
Mazer in Prison
Recruiting Valentine
The League War
War of Gifts
OSCs InterGalactic
Medicine Show
(2008)
Mazer in Prison
Cheater
Pretty Boy
A Young Man with
Prospects
Second Formic
War Trilogy
The Swarm
(2016)
The Hive
(2019)
The Queens
(TBA)
Mazer in Prison
(2005)
Mazer in Prison
(2010)
The Polish Boy
(2002)
Cheater
(2006)
Pretty Boy
(2006)
Teacher's Pest
(2003)
 
 
 
Ender's Shadow
(1999)
[note 1]
Ender's Shadow:
Battle School
(2009)
Command School
(2010)
Ultimate collection
(2012)
 
 
 
Ender's Game
Alive
(2013)
 
 
 
 
 
Recruiting Valentine
(2009)
 
 
 
The League War
(2010)
 
 
Ender's Game
(1977)
 
Ender's Game
(1985)
[note 1]
Ender's Game:
Battle School
(2009)
Command School
(2010)
Ultimate collection
(2012)
 
Ender's Game
(2013)
Ender's Stocking
(2007)
 
A War of Gifts
(2007)
[note 1]
 
 
War of Gifts
(2009)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Shadow Trilogy
[note 2][note 3]
Shadow of the Hegemon
(2001)
Shadow Puppets
(2002)
Shadow of the Giant
(2005)
Ender's Homecoming
(2008)
A Young Man with
Prospects (2007)
Ender in Flight
(2008)
The Gold Bug
(2007)
Ender in Exile
(2008)
[note 2]
Ender in Exile
(2011)
 
Gold Bug
(2010)
Fleet School
[note 4]
Children of the Fleet
(2017)

(TBC)

 
Governor Wiggin
(2017)
Investment Counselor
(1999)
Renegat
(2017)
Shadows in Flight
(2012)
 
 
Speaker for the Dead
(2011)
Gloriously Bright
(1991)
 
 
The Speaker Trilogy
[note 3]
Speaker for the Dead
(1986)
Xenocide
(1991)
Children of the Mind
(1996)
Messenger
(2018)
The Last Shadow
(2021)
  1. ^ a b c The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period.
    The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).
  2. ^ a b The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period.
    - First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy.
    - Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.
  3. ^ a b Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies:
    "Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as:
    - "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as:
    - "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile).
    "Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as:
    - "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as:
    - "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), could be referred to as:
    - "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with The Last Shadow)
  4. ^ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.

Connection to Shadows in Flight[]

This novel was originally set to be titled Shadows in Flight, but Card decided to swap titles with the intermediary fifth book in the Shadow series (released on January 17, 2012),[2] which serves as a bridge to the final book. The concluding events of Shadows in Flight were initially planned for the first chapter of final book, with working title Shadows Alive.[3]

Enderverse Conclusion[]

This book brings the two series back together, and wraps up some of the plot threads left dangling in Shadow of the Giant (the fourth book in the Shadow Saga). The events in the book follow those in Children of the Mind, the final book in the Ender Series.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Maybe Some Good Will Come Out of This - Uncle Orson Reviews Everything".
  2. ^ Card, Orson Scott (17 January 2012). Amazon.com: Shadows in Flight (The Shadow) (9780765332004): Orson Scott Card: Books. ISBN 978-0765332004.
  3. ^ Card, Orson Scott (15 July 2011). "Hatrack River Forums:Shadows in Flight".
  4. ^ Peterson, Matthew (12 November 2009). "Orson Scott Card - Online Radio Interview with the Author". The Author Hour radio show.
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