Shadow of the Hegemon

Name: Shadow of the Hegemon
ISBN: 9787530668900

Orson Scott CardBaihua Literature and Art Publishing House2016

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Word count: 250K words
Chapters: 1
Series: The second installment in the Shadow saga within Orson Scott Card's Ender series, and the direct sequel to Ender's Shadow. After the Bugger War ends, the child prodigies trained at Battle School return to Earth, while Ender departs on a colony ship. These young commanders are treated as strategic assets, and are soon targeted for abduction by rival powers, igniting a covert struggle for dominance over Earth. Bean, once regarded by Ender as a friend but always kept outside the corridors of power, becomes the narrative center: he uses his extraordinary powers of deduction to unravel the abduction plot and navigate among competing factions, forming an uneasy partnership with Peter, Ender's brother, and others. The novel continues Card's signature blend of a young protagonist's perspective and cold-eyed strategic detail, moving the stage from space back to Earth after the interstellar war; military modeling and political maneuvering replace fleet battles. It explores talent, exploitation, and the question of what comes after victory. This edition is the simplified Chinese edition, part of Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House's Science Fiction Literature Hall series.
ISBN: 9787530668900

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Shadow of the Hegemon is the second book in the Shadow sub-series of Orson Scott Card's Ender series and the direct sequel to Ender's Shadow. After the Bugger War ends, the child geniuses trained at Battle School return to Earth, while Ender travels far away aboard a colony ship. These young commanders, regarded as strategic assets, soon become targets of rivalry and kidnapping among Earth's nations, setting off a covert struggle for global hegemony. Bean, once seen by Ender as a companion yet always kept outside the circles of power, becomes the narrative center of this volume: relying on his extraordinary powers of deduction, he investigates the kidnapping conspiracy, navigates among the various factions in search of a way forward, and forms an ambivalent, shifting partnership with Ender's brother Peter and other characters. The work continues Card's signature adolescent perspective and coolly detached strategic writing, moving the stage after the interstellar war from space back to Earth and replacing fleet bombardments with military deduction and political maneuvering, exploring talent, use and being used, and the question of what comes after victory. This is the simplified Chinese edition, part of the Science Fiction Literature Pavilion series published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House.

Editor's review

卡德在两度囊括雨果奖与星云奖之后，把“安德”系列的重心从天才指挥官转向了那些被战争机器用过的孩子。《霸主的影子》最耐读的地方，不在战斗场面，而在地球上的权力计算：当英雄脱下制服回到故里，他们会发现自己是别人棋盘上最贵重的棋子。豆子这个角色身上有一种卡德式的冷静魅力——身体孱弱、思维锋利，用推演代替拳头，用计算对抗阴谋。对读过《安德的游戏》《安德的影子》的读者来说，本书补上了“战后”这一块空白：虫族已灭，人类的敌人变成了人类自己。繁体与简体中文版均以“影子”为名，中文版由东陆生翻译，属百花文艺出版社“科幻文学馆”丛书。需要提醒的是，本书是系列中的一本，最好按顺序阅读；且它的重心从太空战争转向地面政治，期待纯星际大战的读者可能会觉得节奏不同。

Who it's for

A good fit for

已读完《安德的游戏》《安德的影子》，想追看后续的读者
喜欢少年天才、军事推演与政治博弈题材的科幻迷
对“战争之后如何重建秩序”这类命题感兴趣的读者
希望以豆子视角重新理解安德世界的系列粉丝

Not a good fit for

从未接触“安德”系列、希望单本读懂的新读者
只想看星际舰队大战、不喜政治谋略情节的读者
偏好快节奏、强动作场面的科幻读者

Reading tips

建议先读《安德的游戏》与《安德的影子》，再进入本册，人物关系与背景才不至于悬空。
阅读时可留意豆子与彼得两条线上的权力计算，对照安德的道德困境会更清楚。
不妨把它当成一部“战后政治惊悚”来读，而非太空战争片。
读完可接着读《傀儡的影子》《巨人的影子》，补完影子支线的完整脉络。

About the publisher

Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1958

Founded in August 1958 and restructured into Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in 2009, Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House is known for publishing essays and fiction, and it hosts the journals Fiction Monthly and Essays. Its 757 titles in the library span classic works, culture, folk literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, foreign literature, and general biography. They include Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Zhu Ziqing's selected essays and Classic Essays, Fu Lei's Twenty Lectures on Masterpieces of World Art, and a Chinese translation of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's Rashōmon, as well as cultural and performing-arts titles such as the illustrated Biography of Liang Qichao and A Dictionary of Crosstalk. Its authors include Lao She, Zhu Ziqing, Wu Qichang, Fu Lei, Xue Baokun, Gao Yucong, Wei Zhiqiang, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Ender's Game (Shadow Series)

FAQ

这本书是《安德的游戏》系列的第几部？

它是“影子”支线（Shadow saga）的第二部，严格接续《安德的影子》；在按出版顺序排列的安德系列中，则常被列为第六部。建议先读《安德的游戏》和《安德的影子》。

没读过前作能直接看《霸主的影子》吗？

勉强能读，但会有明显障碍——书中人物几乎都来自前作，豆子与安德的渊源、战斗学校的孩子如何被培养，都需要前作铺垫。推荐按顺序阅读。

本书的主角是安德吗？

不是。安德在本册中已远赴殖民星球，叙事中心是“豆子”（比恩），此外还有佩特拉、彼得等角色的线索，整体是群像式的地球权力博弈。

中文版由谁翻译、哪个出版社出版？

简体中文版由东陆生翻译，百花文艺出版社2016年出版，属“科幻文学馆”丛书，ISBN 为 9787530668900。

这本书主要讲什么？

虫族战争结束后，曾在战斗学校受训的天才少年们回到地球，却接连成为各方势力绑架与争夺的对象；豆子等人要在阴谋与拉拢之间找到生路，而地球霸权的角逐已悄然开始。

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About the author

Orson Scott Card Author · American · 1951

Orson Scott Card, born in 1951 in Richland, Washington, is a major contemporary American writer of science fiction and fantasy whose works have also found a wide readership in the Chinese-speaking world. He is best known for Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead, which together won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, making him the only writer to have received both honors in consecutive years. His writing is not limited to space warfare but spans science fiction, fantasy, and other genres, combining tense adventure narratives with a focus on individual growth, responsibility, and moral choices in extreme situations. Ten of his works are included in the collection, among them the Ender's Game trilogy and related works such as Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exile, and Xenocide, as well as the Worthing series, Treason, and other titles, showing the breadth of his output. Public information on his early life and education is limited, so no speculation is offered here.