by Orson Scott Card · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466611206
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«Marionetas de la sombra» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published by Ediciones B in paperback (328 pages, in Spanish).
After the victory against the buggers, the children trained at Battle School have become humanity's best strategists and lead their countries in a new world conflict. While the great powers try to control them, Peter Wiggin, the Hegemon, consolidates his power with the help of Bean and Petra in a game of political and military strategy that decides the future of Earth.
It belongs to the Ender saga, within the Shadow series, as the third installment according to Goodreads. The translation from English (Shadow Puppets) is by Rafael Marín.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
