Ender's Game [Kindle Edition]

Product Description
Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.

Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.

Customer Reviews
A Thrilling Ride By D. L. Burnett (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin)
This is a great classic Science Fiction book, which I couldn't put down.
I felt Ender's pain all through his training. The stakes couldn't be higher-saving earth. I met Orson Scott Card at book signing, and he told the crowd how much he enjoyed writing this book. It shows! Highly recommended.

loved this book By katie morton
i loved the plot of this book. i didn't really see the end coming. the book was brutal, honest, and without compassion. the classic example of the ends justifing the means. I can't wait to read the next one!

Wonderful
All must read- One of the best sci-fi reads of all time. 5 stars is not enough.
Speaker of the dead.

AMAZING By Customer
This was a great book. it is full of twists. I would suggest this to anyone. i loved it very much.

One of the very best Sci-fi bookes ever writen By Person918
I can't say enough good things about this book. One of the true classics of Science Fiction. I've found that a lot of sci-fi is very dense and almost tedious. Card doesn't do this as much, the story tends to flow and roll along very smoothly.

A sci-fi classic By James D. Myers (Kissimmee, FL United States)
Ender's Game is a great read and a classic in the genre. The concepts, characters, and overall story are fully fleshed out and realized. Seeing how Ender is shaped by the people in his life is the key the the novel. This is not the easiest of reads for someone at the elementary school level. It is well targeted at the middle schooler and above.

Great Read By Noah E. Spofford
I had heard good things about this book coming in, and it hasn't disappointed. I have been thoroughly entertained from the start!

Incredible Book!
This book was incredible! The writing was great and the story had me hooked from the beginning. I could not put it down. This book went by fast and kept me interested the entire time!

EXCELLENT read for anyone ages 12 and up By J. Miller (SLC, UT, USA)
It's a bit of a heavy read for younger kids, even if they are advanced readers, but for everyone else this is a tremendously worthwhile contribution to human literature. The themes of human nature, conditioning, xenophobia, and politics are timeless and his insights are invaluable. His foresight in understanding future technologies (even the iPad!) is remarkable. But ultimately it's the power of the story itself and the characters behind it that makes this one of my absolute favorite books. The sequels are also very good, but this is by far the best.