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Shadow Puppets

Shadow Puppets

Literary FictionScience Fiction
Pages
448
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

In the aftermath of the alien wars, the nations of Earth are vying for control of the brilliant children trained at Battle School. Peter Wiggin, however, is focused on his own ascent to power, with the loyal support of Bean and Petra.

Prose complexity
7/10

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ComplexDarkThought-ProvokingTense
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Genres

Literary Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Dystopian

About the author

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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

Characters

Peter WigginProtagonist
BeanSupporting
PetraSupporting
All characters in Shadow Puppets

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