From Orson Scott Card, a ward-winning and bestselling author of Ender's Game , his first solo Enderverse novel in years. Children of the Fleet is a new angle on Card's bestselling series, telling the story of the Fleet in space, parallel to the story on Earth told in the Ender's Shadow series. Ender Wiggin won the Third Formic war, ending the alien threat to Earth. Afterwards, all the terraformed Formic worlds were open to settlement by humans, and the International Fleet became the arm of the Ministry of Colonization, run by Hirum Graff. MinCol now runs Fleet School on the old Battle School station, and still recruits very smart kids to train as leaders of colony ships, and colonies. Dabeet Ochoa is a very smart kid. Top of his class in every school. But he doesn't think he has a chance at Fleet School, because he has no connections to the Fleet. That he knows of. At least until the day that Colonel Graff arrives at his school for an interview.

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to the prequels to Ender's Game following The Swarm with The Hive , book two in the Second Formic War. Card and Johnston continue the fast-paced hard science fiction history of the Formic Wars--the alien invasions of Earth's Solar System that ultimately led to Ender Wiggin's total victory in Ender's Game . A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first scout ship. Now it's clear that there's a mother-ship out on edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth's warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense? Ender's Game is one of the most popular and bestselling science fiction novels of all time. The Formic War series (The First Formic War and The Second Formic War) are the prequels to Ender's story. THE ENDER UNIVERSE Ender series Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet Ender's Shadow series Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) The Swarm / The Hive Ender novellas A War of Gifts / First Meetings

When Runnel, a friendless peasant from a village so humble that money is a new concept, leaves his mountain valley, he is completely unaware of his magical talents. Seeking his fortune, he stumbles into a centuries-old feud when he travels to Mitherhome, the city of the water mages. He accepts a servant's position in the household of the sole stone mage permitted within the city walls, and there his untapped magical talents and his fascination with his master's abilities are a predictably dangerous combination. Soon, without meaning to, he complicates and endangers the lives of everyone he has come to know and care about, for when it comes to magic, there are rules and laws, and the untrained mage-to-be must be careful not to tap into deep forces and ancient enmities. Otherwise, other people might end up paying the price for his mistakes.

Bestselling author Orson Scott Card teams up with the talented Kathyrn H. Kidd to create a startling look at the ethics of bioengineering Lovelock is a capuchin monkey engineered to be the perfect servant--intelligent, agile, pliant, and devoted to his owner. He is a Witness--privileged to spend his days and nights observing the life of one of Earth's most brilliant scientists through digital recording devices behind his eyes. In his heart is the desire to please, not just to avoid the pain his owner can inflict with a word, but because he loves her. Lovelock is on a voyage he did not choose. What human would consider the feelings of a capuchin monkey, no matter how enhanced? But Lovelock is something special among Witnesses--he's a little smarter than most humans; smart enough to break through some of his conditioning. Smart enough to feel the bonds of slavery, and want freedom.

A Sleep and a ForgettingA Thousand DeathsSkipping StonesSecond ChanceBreaking the GameLifeloopBurningAnd What Will We Do Tomorrow?Killing ChildrenWhen No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?The Stars That Blink

In suspended animation for fifteen thousand years, Jason Worthing, a telepath, awakes to see what has happened to the colony he had established

Hailed as "the RPG of the Decade" by PC Gamer magazine, Dragon Age: Origins has redefined the modern fantasy roleplaying game. Now, the innovative game from BioWare becomes the latest hit comic from EA Comics! In a time lost to history, a war ravaged the land. Mages, incredibly powerful wielders of magic, ruled the world through mastery of dark arts and forbidden spells. Their lust for power almost destroyed all existence, and unleashed an unholy pestilence, the Darkspawn, to plague mankind, trolls, faeries, and all the inhabitants of the realm. Now magic is carefully controlled, taught behind the sacred walls of the Circle of Magi, and monitored by the ever-vigilant Templars. It is in this arena that a new generation of Mages in training will arise, warriors of sorcery who will defy the rules of the Templars and change the course of the world forever. Written by multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, Ultimate Iron Man) and Aaron Johnston (Ender's Game: Mazer in Prison) with art by breakout artist Mark Robinson (Skrull Kill Krew) and covers by superstar artist Humberto Ramos, DRAGON AGE will take you to a world beyond imagination!

Their family dead, Gleam and her brothers Agmo and Datlin strike out on the road to find the killers. But after magically healing her brother Agmo during a fight Gleam draws some unwanted attention, from the dwarf Minderel as well as a group of murderous blood demon disciples of the Man of Light!

In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a birth is powerful magic. Yet even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him.

Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself. But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined... Brought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of The Carpet Makers contains a special introduction by Orson Scott Card.

Ils étaient quatre à bord de l’Hérodote : Bean, le Géant, le stratège inégalable, et ses trois enfants héritiers de la clé d’Anton. Ender, Carlotta et Cincinnatus, trois petits génies condamnés comme leur père à une existence abrégée, que Bean avait arrachés à leur mère et à leur monde dans l’espoir que leur malédiction génétique trouverait un jour son antidote. Cinq ans s’étaient écoulés sur l’Hérodote tandis que le vaisseau filait à une vitesse relativiste, plus de quatre cents ans sur Terre. Et la Terre les avait oubliés…Leur seul espoir reposait désormais en eux-mêmes, peut-être en ce qu’ils allaient trouver parmi les étoiles, et Bean approchait d’une mort inéluctable. Après La stratégie de l’ombre, L’ombre de l’Hégémon, Les marionnettes de l’ombre et L’ombre du géant, voici venir l’issue de l’épopée.

En parvenant à contrecarrer les plans d'Achille, Bean a évité d'un cheveu un désastre d'une ampleur inégalée. Petra et lui attendent aujourd'hui leur premier enfant. conçu in vitro, mais ils ignorent le sort qu'Achille a réservé aux autres embryons et s'ils portent en eux la maladie génétique dont souffre leur père. Pendant ce temps, une guerre impliquant les autres anciens élèves de l'école de guerre - Alai, Virlomi, Vlad - menace d'éclater. La Terre ne trouvera cependant son salut que dans l'unité, et celle-ci ne pourra s'incarner que dans un seul homme : Peter Wiggin, l'Hegemon. Bean est-il prêt à conclure un pacte avec le cruel frère d'Ender ?

Peter Wiggins, actuel chef du gouvernement de la Terre, commet une terrible erreur en autorisant le sauvetage de son ennemi juré, Achille, jusqu'alors retenu dans une prison chinoise. Peter est maintenant en danger, il doit quitter la planète. Au bout du voyage l'attend une surprise non moins effrayante : l'école de guerre démantelée sert aujourd'hui de base à des comploteurs de toute sorte. Pendant ce temps, Bean doit faire face à la dégradation de son corps. Fruit de manipulations génétiques, il sait qu'il n'en a plus pour longtemps à vivre. Secondé par sa femme Petra, il recherche l'homme qui a modifié ses gènes. Peut-être ce dernier pourra-t-il épargner à l'enfant qu'ils attendent le triste destin que son père...

Après la victoire qui couronne La stratégie Ender comme La stratégie de l'ombre, les petits génies de l'École de guerre sont devenus des héros. Alors qu'Ender a pris la route d'une lointaine planète, Bean et les autres sont renvoyés chez eux, où ils doivent reprendre une existence qu'ils ont quittée dix ans plus tôt. Pourtant, quelqu'un s'inquiète de leur sécurité : Peter Wiggin, le frère d'Ender, a le pressentiment que tous courent un grand danger. Un à un, les compagnons d'Ender disparaissent, tués ou kidnappés. Seul Bean parvient à en réchapper et à identifier la menace surgie de son passé qui pèse, il le sait, sur l'humanité tout entière. Alors même qu'il sort de l'ombre d'Ender, Bean va devoir se plonger dans celle, bien plus dangereuse, de l'Hégémon...

Pour Bean, l'existence se résume à un seul mot : survivre. Sa fuite, à l'âge d'un an, de la clinique clandestine où il a été conçu artificiellement le conduit droit dans l'enfer des bas-quartiers de Rotterdam, où la violence, la drogue et la prostitution deviennent son quotidien. Grâce à son incroyable intelligence, il s'attire cependant l'attention des pontes de la Flotte Intergalactique, qui voient en lui un nouvel Ender Wiggin. Ender Wiggin, le légendaire gamin surdoué chargé d'orchestrer la contre-attaque contre les formiques. Ender Wiggin, le dernier espoir de l'humanité. Enfin, jusqu'à maintenant, car Bean n'a pas choisi d'intégrer, l'école de guerre pour faire de la figuration.

Andrew Wiggin, dit Ender, n'est pas un garçon comme les autres. Depuis sa naissance, ses faits et gestes sont observés par l'intermédiaire d'un moniteur greffé dans son cerveau. Car ceux qui l'ont conçu ambitionnent de faire de lui le plus grand général de tous les temps, le seul capable de sauver ses semblables de l'invasion des doryphores. Et alors qu'Ender suit pas à pas le dur chemin de son apprentissage de guerrier, ses créateurs mesurent la gravité de leur choix : en donnant naissance à un monstre, n'ont-ils pas damné l'humanité elle-même ? (back cover)

A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov • Arthur C. Clarke • Robert A. Heinlein • Ursula K. Le Guin • Ray Bradbury • Frederik Pohl • Harlan Ellison • George Alec Effinger • Brian W. Aldiss • William Gibson & Michael Swanwick • Theodore Sturgeon • Larry Niven • Robert Silverberg • Harry Turtledove • James Blish • George R. R. Martin • James Patrick Kelly • Karen Joy Fowler • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • Terry Bisson • Poul Anderson • John Kessel • R.A. Lafferty • C.J. Cherryh • Lisa Goldstein • Edmond Hamilton In much of the science fiction of the past, the twenty-first century existed only in the writers’ imaginations. Now that it’s here, it’s time to take a look back at the last one hundred years in science fiction through the works of the most celebrated and acclaimed authors of the century—to see where we’ve been and just how far we’ve come.   Along with a critical essay by Orson Scott Card reassessing science fiction in the twentieth century, Masterpieces includes short fiction by writers who have forged a permanent place for science fiction in the popular culture of today...and tomorrow. It offers a glimpse of the greatest works that mixed science with fiction in trying to figure out humanity’s place in the universe. Featuring bold, brave, and breathtaking stories, this definitive collection will stand the test of time in both this century and those to come.

Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-hero of "Ender's Game"--winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel--and enter his Universe through this collection of stories. "The Polish Boy" is John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender. In the years between the first two Bugger Wars, the Hegemony is desperate to recruit brilliant military commanders to repel the alien invasion. They may have found their man--or boy--in John Paul Wiggin.... In "Teacher's Pest"-a novella written especially for this collection--a brilliant but arrogant John Paul Wiggin, now a university student, matches wits with an equally brilliant graduate student. "The Investment Counselor" is set after the end of the Bugger Wars. Banished from Earth and slandered as a mass murderer, twenty-year-old Andrew Wiggin wanders incognito from planet to planet as a fugitive--until a blackmailing tax inspector compromises his identity and threatens to expose Ender the Xeoncide. Also reprinted here is the original award-winning novella, "Ender's Game," which first appeared in 1977.

The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named Gloriously Bright. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way, a second xenocide seems inevitable. is the third novel in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga.

故事发生在未来，当时地球已经两次遭遇过虫族的进攻，第二次尤其惨重，而是一个传奇人物马泽·雷汉扭转了战局，地球勉强幸存。国际舰队认为，必须在全世界范围内寻找天才儿童，把他们送到专门训练儿童的空间站（“战斗学校”），把他们塑造成军事奇才，人类方可有存活的希望。 很多儿童都被淘汰了，包括安德的哥哥和姐姐。具有罕见军事天才的安德在6岁的时候被选中，遭到了一轮轮残酷的模拟战斗，在短短几周内就由新兵成长为领袖。然而战斗学校对孩子们来说就是魔窟，为了激发他的能力，教官故意改变游戏规则，不断把他逼到险境里。 但是安德用实力赢得了队友的信任和对手的尊重，他一次次勇敢地去挑战自己的体能极限和心理极限，最终在一次“游戏训练”中，带领着他的小分队消灭了虫族女王，也为人类迎来了一次重生。