Christopher Yost

You think you are just playing a game. But for six-year-old Andrew Ender Wiggin, the computer-simulated war games are a matter of human survival. Earth is desperate. A hostile alien race is looming, and government agencies are breeding child geniuses to find the ultimate military commander. Drafted into the orbiting Battle School, Ender is plunged into a brutal, zero-gravity training ground. He faces crushing isolation, intense rivalry from his peers, and relentless pressure from the adult teachers who are determined to either forge him into a diamond or destroy him utterly. As he rises through the ranks of the Battle Room, Ender battles his own psychological demons, including loneliness, the fear of becoming as cruel as his sadistic older brother, and a desperate devotion to his sister. He must grow up fast to become the leader Earth needs. But in a war that has raged for a century, the line between a game and reality is about to shatter.