Ender's Shadow, is a parallel novel to Ender's Game, by Orison Scott Card. Orison Scott Card was born in 1951 in Richland, Washington. He has won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer of 1977, won the Hugo for Ender's Game, along with many other awards. Besides being a writer, he had other careers, including being a Mormon missionary in Brazil, computer game consultant, local Democratic precinct judge, and Utah state convention delegate. He has …showed first 75 words of 671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 671 total…that likes to beat the odds. Bean beat the odds by just surviving but I'll beat the odds by developing my talents to be a successful businessman, with loyal friends and everything I could possibly want. I would also like to beat the odds in living forever, by making a big change in society for the better. Just like Bean, I intend to rise to the top of the world, and be happy for it.