The Last Shadow
- Published
- 16 November 2021
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-13
- 9780765344144
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Last Shadow closed the series on November 16, 2021, the sixth and final entry at 288 pages, bringing Bean's story -- begun as a parallel account of Ender's Game from a genuinely different perspective -- to its conclusion.
Key facts about The Last Shadow
Orson Scott Card wrote The Last Shadow, a novel on our list. It has been out since 16 November 2021. The book has 288 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780765344144 to find the main one.
The Last Shadow is book 6 of 6 in the Ender's Shadow series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Ender's Shadow (1999). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Ender's Game, Tales of Alvin Maker and Homecoming Saga, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.
About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.
Its place in Ender's Shadow
The Last Shadow is book 6 in the Ender's Shadow series. It follows Shadows in Flight. See the full Ender's Shadow reading order.
Bean is a street child in Rotterdam so small and so ferociously intelligent that he survives a gang-run orphanage through pure strategic thinking before Battle School recruiters find him. Ender's Shadow (1999) retells the events of Ender's Game from Bean's point of view -- not as a simple parallel-POV gimmick, but as a genuinely different story: where Ender is chosen and groomed to be humanity's savior, Bean has to claw his way into consideration at all, and his cooler, more calculating intelligence reads very…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765344144