i'm in the midst of finally getting around to Shadow of the Giant right now... I can say for as much as I enjoyed the first quad of books dealing with Ender, i have been pretty disappointed with the second quad dealing with Bean. right now all i see is reactionary stuff to the Iraq war mixed with weirdo mormon religious stuff.... a shame really because Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide were all excellent in my opinion (Children of the Mind is pretty good too but felt a lot like just tying up loose ends to me)... Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and now Shadow of the Giant have gotten progressively worse for me.
