I just finished reading Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card. This is book six in the Ender series.

Orson Scott Card talks about Isaac Asimov as an inspiration, someone who took him away from the world in which he lived and showed him another world, a grand world, and yet still a version of the world in which we all live. Orson Scott Card is, then, my Asimov.

Reading his novels has taken me away from my life and transported me to another version of Earth. I fantasize about what it would be like to live in that world, to interact with those characters. I can feel myself thinking as them, being ready to say the things they say before I read their speech. For me, this is the mark of an amazing author, one who can flesh out a world that appears real and characters the reader feels like they've known all their life. To me, reading Orson Scott Card's books is a profound experience.

This book was no exception to that rule. It comes with my highest of recommendations.