The Last Shadow
Other Tales from the Ender Universe
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Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender series and the Ender's Shadow series, as the children of Ender and Bean solve the great problem of the Ender Universe - the deadly virus they call the descolada, which is incurable and will kill all of humanity if it were allowed to escape from Lusitania.
One planet.
Three sapient species living peacefully together.
And one deadly virus that could wipe out every world in the Starways Congress, killing billions.
Is the only answer another great Xenocide?
This program is read by Emily Rankin, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Judy Young, Justine Eyre, Kirby Heyborne, Orson Scott Card, Scott Brick, and Stefan Rudnicki.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
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Each chapter begins with (usually) a long dialogue, and it’s not always clear either who are talking, or the actual point of the dialogue.
The story also has rather many protagonists, This can at times be somewhat confusing.
In general I found this book a disappointment, and I would not have missed it if it was never written. I would much rather have seen Orson Scott Card write the last book in the Alvin Maker series.
Too much talk and too many protagonists
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The mystery, answers and excitement one could hope to get from the continuation of the descolada storyline is nowhere to be found. It just ends with an abundant amount of irrelevant characters who don't serve the plot, a new "threat" that's wildly insignificant and no actual answers.
Card's explanation is that to keep it realistic, some questions in life and science, and thus the novel, are never answered. Although true, the series itself isn't founded upon realism as is, and this just signifies lazy writing to me.
Small shout-out to the narrators, to end on a positive note.
Wasteful
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Bad story, useless characters
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