I could not lift the nose of the book at the end of the first 100 pages (and again, it was with regret) as the story is compelling. Orson Scott Card demonstrates his storytelling skills with an exciting story, which also contains intelligent thoughts about the balance of power, a sense of duty or the notion of responsibility, all told in a way so alive that we can s prevent it from attaching to the character Ender. To put all hands.