An excellently imagined future world in which humanity is living in fear of a third invasion from the Buggers. They're starting children as young as 6 in Battle School in outer space, desperately hoping to find a commander intelligent enough to defeat the Buggers. Ender is one of these children, and the one the military has the most hope in. Card creates multiple scenes that suck the reader in from the null gravity Battle Room to the training videogames the students play. It's impossible not to suspend disbelief with this kind of writing. The ending is a surprise and just as creative as the Battle Room. Although personally I'm not sure I agreed with the final message of the book, it is open-ended enough for philosophical debate, as well as to make it worthy of a re-read. Highly recommended to fans of scifi and videogaming alike.
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