I look forward to seeing a sequel to this book, because I think that this is when Bean will really get to be his own character and stop being "Ender's Shadow." This book is very strong in many ways, but where it suffers is the fact that a lot of the book was simply a retelling, and not a new story. Still, it really was very, very good. I will be first in line to get a copy of the book that will surely come as a sequel to this.