I finally finsihed Orson Scott Card's masterpiece The Enders series (Enders Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind) I wrote of my thoughts on the second book and now I will continue my thoughts on the third and fourth. I must say that they are briliantly crafted and the characters are wonderful. Every one is differant and relateable in thier own way. More than that though, the story is of a grander scale which describes human nature as a destroyer and what we must do to remedy it. This is largely shown through the many characters interactions and after the second books we start to drift away soley from Enders point of view as we explore Miro and Peters as well as others, many of whom seem to be extensions of ender himself. We also read of an alternate story line that takes place at the same time that ultimately, in the fourth book, converges into the main plot. This plot being that Lustania (the planet on which our protagonists lie) will soon be destroyed by use of an ultimate destruction type device that has been sent by congress due to what they believe is an unavoidable plague that is carried by the people of the planet. The story is of Ender and his children, as well as wife and sister who work to save the people of Lustania, including a race of aliens known as the Piggies as well as the Hive Queen of the buggers whom were thought to be wiped out in the first book. There are many thought provoking issues delt with in the series, many of which I can not begin to describe. If you like books that make you think then check out this amazing series. i will continue to describe the books at a later date until satisfaction has been reached. I hope to allow the reader of this blog the realize how great these books really are and yearn to read them.