Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card

At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children—the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten–a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come.

For there in space before them lies a derelict Formic colony ship. Aboard it, they will find both death and wonders—the life support that is failing on their own ship, room to grow, and labs in which to explore their own genetic anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the ship’s colony.

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Title: Shadows in Flight (Ender’s Shadow Series #5)

Author: Orson Scott Card

Publisher: Tor Books

Release Date: January 17, 2012

ISBN: 978-0765332004

Size: 240 pages, 6×8, hardcover

Genre: Science Fiction

Series: Ender’s Shadow (bk 1), Shadow of the Hegemon (bk 2), Shadow Puppets (bk 3), Shadow of the Giant (bk 4)


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