We shall see. See the full review of Ender's Shadow See the full review of Shadow of the Hegemon Other Works Card's other works are of highly varying themes and quality. This is an interesting revision of the Columbus legend, from both an alternate history and an alternate future perspective. The question of tolerance turns on tolerance of whole cultures, not on tolerance of particular individuals. All along, an observant reader must wonder whether the revisionism would really make a difference.
Card refuses to be drawn into cheap, easy resolutions.
Maps in a Mirror Out of print. Studying this story, and comparing it to the novel, is very instructive. In a broader sense, this book is interesting in that one can really follow Card's development as a writer. The first two books in this ongoing series set the stage in an alternate America. By the end of Red Prophet , the characters critical to the series have been firmly established.