Shadow Puppets

Following the conclusion of the Formic War, Earth fractures into competing nationalist blocs vying for supremacy across the globe. Peter Wiggin works to maintain order as Hegemon while facing the machinations of the sociopathic military strategist Achilles de Flandres. Former Battle School graduates Bean and Petra Arkanian attempt to establish a peaceful life together in hiding, only to find themselves ensnared in Achilles' treacherous political conspiracy.

by Orson Scott Card

Orbit · First published 2002 · 352 pages