Shadows in Flight Released Today

Ender’s Game Sequel Release

Finally, the newest addition to the Enderverse, Shadows in Flight, is released today! Shadows in Flight is not the book which will tie together the Speaker and Shadow Series. Instead, it will be a sequel to Shadow of the Giant. Orson Scott Card remarks, “Now that I’ve written it [Shadows in Flight], I don’t know how I imagined I was ever going to write that final book without having written this one first!” Card also announced that Shadows Alive will be the new title of the final book which will wrap up both the Speaker and Shadow series. Shadows Alive does not have a release date. Here’s the description of Shadows in Flight:

“Shadows in Flight be a sequel to Shadow of the Giant in the Shadow Series. The novel will follow Bean and three of his children into space, where they search for a cure for the giantism that is the price of their genetic enhancement. Near an Earthlike planet, they run into a colony ship from another species, which has a lot of surprises that will change the course of their lives.”

Check out your local bookstore or buy it on Amazon here. Only the hardcover and audiobook are released today. The e-book versions (specifically Kindle and Nook platforms), which will contain multimedia extras not included in the hardcover or audiobook, have a release date longer than a year from now on February 1, 2013 according to Amazon. If Shadows in Flight is not available in your country yet, you can still read the sneak peeks from the first two chapters here.

Edit: From Orson Scott Card’s Facebook page, “If anybody’s watching, Shadows in Flight comes out today. It’s a short novel, but a full story. It introduces Bean’s brilliant children – the ones with the same short-life giantism that gives them savant-like abilities in every area. There’s no ebook for a year, but there’ll be an “enhanced ebook” for Kindle and Nook within a couple of weeks, fully illustrated by Nick Greenwood (and deftly abridged by Jake Black.).”


Edit (again): Macmillan Audio, the publishing company of the Shadows in Flight audiobook was kind enough to give our readers a short preview of the Shadow’s in Flight audiobook. Listen below! Also, for everyone who’s been emailing and searching, we finally know who’s narrating the Shadow’s in Flight audiobook: Stefan Rudnicki and cast. Enjoy!