Children of the Mind

Children of the Mind

 

I recommend the final book in the Ender's series, "Children of the Mind" by Orson Scott Card. This final installment of his series concludes the story of Ender, his family, and friends. I believe this novel was a great ending to a great series. It was well written. In it, Card again develops the characters and their relationships with one another very well. It still has some theological, thought-provoking aspects but focuses mainly on the crisis the characters are facing, and how they evolve and build relationships together. I believe those who have enjoyed the other books in this series will love this one, as they watch the characters evolve even more and see this great series come to an amazing ending. One warning is that there is a little bit of crude language included, but not enough to ruin the story at all. 

I highly recommend this book and this series to everyone.

The following is a summary of the novel as found at goodreads.com.

With this conclusion to his famous "Ender's Saga, " Card returns to the story of Ender Wiggin, hero of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide. Now his adopted world, Lusitania, is threatened by the same planet-destroying weapon that he himself used so many years before. Only Jane, the computer intelligence that has evolved with him over 3,000 years can save the three sentient races of Lusitania.

There are some other books he has written as additional stories to this series (they are "First Meetings in Ender's Universe", "A War of Gifts", and "Ender in Exile"). I plan on reading those after reading some of Rick Riordan's "Heroes of Olympus" books. Those additional stories take place before "Ender's Game" and in between "Ender's Game" and "Speaker of the Dead".

Orson Scott Card also wrote another 4- or 5-book series focusing on a character from "Ender's Game". His name is Bean.