This science fiction series begins with a child prodigy recruited to an elite military academy in space, where humanity is training its next generation of commanders for a coming war against an alien species — and follows his training, the moral weight of what he is asked to do, and the long consequences of the choices made in his name. The series expands across multiple books and companion novels to explore the same events from different perspectives and follow the protagonist into an unexpected future.
In a future where Earth has twice survived alien invasion, six-year-old Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin is recruited to an elite military academy in space, where children are trained through increasingly brutal war games to become commanders against an alien threat. Ender proves himself exceptional, but the psychological and ethical costs of his training escalate to a devastating conclusion. A propulsive and morally complex novel about genius, manipulation, and the cost of war.