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Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card review by Sithara

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card is a book about conquering the world of which I would recommend to anyone who has read the beginning books in the series. The book genre is science fiction. Achilles Flanderes had died. The battle school graduates are safe from everyone.... except themselves. Their ambition for power that got them in to Battle School has not been satisfied. Except for Bean, who was saved from Rotterdam and had no flaring ambition. Bean however has his own problems. Recovering the stolen embryos that Achilles had hidden before he was killed. As if it weren't enough, Bean must also be concerned about his rising height. He had been genetically altered so he would grow at a slow rate during childhood and then begin to catch up to and exceed the height and intelligence of the entire human race. This would result in Bean dying at the maximum age of 22. Fortunately, there is hope, for when Bean finds all 9 embryos, he will be able to take the 3 who had been genetically altered as he had been, with him to outer space where they would all be able to survive until a cure was found to negate the alteration. So as his wife Petra attempted to find the embryos, Bean would stay behind and command the armies to win the war between China, India/Muslim Nations, and the Free People of Earth. With the population of the world split between all sides and each side being commanded by Battle School Grads, who will obtain victory? And will Petra be able to recover her lost children? Want to find out? Read the book. home cobra page turners