Children of the Mind

Children of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book,?ÿXenocide. The author unravels Enders life and reweaves the threads into unexpected new patterns, including an apparent reincarnation of his threatening older brother, Peter, not to mention another “sister” Valentine. Multiple storylines entwine, as the threat of the Lusitania-bound fleet looms ever nearer. The self-aware computer, Jane, who has always been more than she seemed, faces death at human hands even as she approaches godhood. At the same time, the characters hurry to investigate the origins of the descolada virus before they lose their ability to travel instantaneously between the stars. There is plenty of action and romance to season the texts analyses of Japanese culture and the flux and ebb of civilizations.?ÿ–Brooks Peck