Ender's Shadow: Battle School 1-5 Complete

, is the second five-issue limited series adapted by Marvel Comics from the novel Ender's Game (1985), the Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. It is the companion series to and centers on Ender's friend Bean as he is recruited into the military and cloistered in the training center known as Battle School.

Groups of street urchins roam the streets of Rotterdam, stealing small bits of food to survive. Bullied by the larger kids, the younger children must band together. One of these young kids, a malnourished runt called Bean, suggests that the group seek out a protector, a bully who will fight for them in exchange for food. It’s a good plan until the group ignores Bean’s suggestions and picks Achilles. That’s when things start to go terribly wrong. ... Introducing Bean, the only student at Battle School smarter than the famous Ender Wiggin. Born in an illegal genetic engineering laboratory, Bean grew up an orphan living off the brutal streets of Rotterdam. Now, he's been recruited to Battle School, where he'll make new friends, new enemies, and embark on the adventure of a lifetime—saving the Earth! A mysterious orphan on the streets of Rotterdam, no bigger than a bean, will change the world. There's only one student at Battle School smarter than Ender Wiggin—Bean. Bean has traded the streets of Rotterdam for an environment that seems even more challenging—Battle School! And while he struggles to find his place, Sister Carlotta’s search for Bean’s parents lead her into the orbit of a psychopath. Bean has traded the streets of Rotterdam for an environment that seems even more challenging—Battle School! For the orphan named Bean, Battle School is a continuation of the war for survival that began on the streets of Rotterdam. But there's another war he's being trained to fight - against the alien race known as the Formics. And he now knows that the training includes some blatant lies about both the enemy and the campaign... Sister Carlotta's quest to understand Bean's past brings unwelcome revelations about his future. Meanwhile, Bean himself faces a daunting task which will finally bring him face to face with his famous rival - but will they meet as friends or as enemies? The first chapter of Bean’s journey in Marvel’s adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi classic, Ender’s Shadow, reaches its conclusion here! --

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