In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut―young Ender is the Wiggin...

"...Then came people like Christ and Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu and many others, peace be upon them all soon, all at long last. People destined to become divinely inspired and make catastrophic change, rivaling the flood (which I'm not entirely sure is more than metaphorical, for a flood of chaos by misunderstanding we have returned to) but less destructive, having attained enlightenment through whichever means they were guided. They are within...