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Violence
Some
Military operations and some violence in the global conflict
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained psychological threat of Achilles — who is brilliant, charismatic, and kills anyone who has ever seen him helpless — creates the series' defining menace
What this book is about
The second Shadow series novel follows Bean after the events of Ender's Game as Achilles — the brilliant psychopathic killer from Card's earlier novels — begins maneuvering the Battle School graduates as chess pieces in a global political game. Petra is captured first; Bean must outwit a mind that kills without conscience. Card's geopolitical thriller moves at pace; the psychological threat of Achilles is the novel's most effective element. For readers who have completed Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.
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Psychopathic villain as central antagonist
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