Card, Orson Scott

Ender's Shadow: A Parallel Novel to Ender's Game

ISBN: 031286860X
New York, NY: Tor/ Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Orson Scott Card. "Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew. With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and complements the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion. The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win." (from front flap) A best-selling page-turner by Orson Scott Card (b. 1951), the prolific, popular & award-winning American science fiction writer. The first of six "Shadow..." novels that lend background, depth & character to Card's Ender's Game series. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, "First Edition: September 1999" as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. On the shorter title page, Card has hand-written his famously flamboyant, flourish-encircled signature in black ink. An essential collectible in the vast Card canon, in its rarest original form & greatly enriched by the author's signature. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; spotting at/near upper-side edge of text block. Interior very fine with only miniscule bleeding of spots noted above onto upper corners of a few page leaves. Dust jacket very fine with only light rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same & flaps; rectangular sticker stating "Borders/Autographed/ Copy" at lower right front cover, partially obscuring image of shadow (normally we disdain such stickers, but this is a relic of the late, great bookstore chain & therefore adds to the collectibility of this item). An extra handling fee will be adding for shipping due to the weight of this item. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #5601]

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