Mazer in Prison
# Mazer in Prison

Ender's Game series :

Chronology :

In chronological order

Earth Unaware

Earth Afire

Earth Awakens

The Swarm

The Hive

The Queens

"Mazer in Prison"

"The Polish Boy"

"Teacher's Pest"

"Pretty Boy"

"Cheater"

Ender's Game

'Recruiting Valentine'

A War of Gifts

Ender's Shadow

'The League War'

Children of the Fleet

Ender in Exile

Shadow of the Hegemon

Shadow Puppets

Shadow of the Giant

Shadows in Flight

"Investment Counselor"

Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

Children of the Mind

The Last Shadow :

In publication order

Ender's Game

Speaker for the Dead

Xenocide

Children of the Mind

Ender's Shadow

Shadow of the Hegemon

Shadow Puppets

First Meetings

Shadow of the Giant

A War of Gifts: An Ender Story

Ender in Exile

Shadows in Flight

Earth Unaware

Earth Afire

Earth Awakens

The Swarm

Children of the Fleet

The Last Shadow

The Hive

The Queens :

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| Short Stories | Novels | Comics | Audioplay | Film |
| - | - | - | - | - |

Ender's Game :

Formic Wars: Burning Earth (2011) :

Earth Unaware (2012) :

Mazer in Prison :

Mazer in Prison :

The Swarm (2016) :

Ender's Shadow (1999) :

Battle School (2009) :

* Ultimate collection (2012) |||||

Ender's Game Alive (2013) :

Ender's Game (1977) :

Ender's Game (1985) :

Battle School (2009) :

* Ultimate collection (2012) |||||

Ender's Game (2013) :

Ender's Stocking (2007) :

* War of Gifts (2009) |||||

Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) :

Ender's Homecoming (2008) :

* A Young Man with Prospects (2007) |||||
* A Young Man with Prospects (2007) |||||
* The Gold Bug (2007) |||||

Ender in Exile (2008) :

Children of the Fleet (2017) :

Speaker for the Dead (2011) :

* Gloriously Bright (1991) |||||

Speaker for the Dead (1986) :

1 2 3 The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period. The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).1 2 The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period. - First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy. - Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.1 2 Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies: "Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as: - "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as: - "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile). "Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as: - "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as: - "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), could be referred to as: - "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with The Last Shadow)↑ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film. :

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"Mazer in Prison" is a science fiction story by American writer Orson Scott Card, set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how Mazer Rackham and Hyrum Graff started Battle School. It appears in Card's Webzine InterGalactic Medicine Show.

## Plot summary

"Mazer in Prison" is the story of Mazer Rackham, the hero who saved the planet Earth in the second Formics invasion. As soon as the battle was over, Earth put together a fleet to send to the Formics home worlds to end the conflict once and for all. Since they needed a leader for this war, the Earth government decided to send Mazer out into space in a craft that was capable of near-lightspeed travel so that due to the relativistic effect he would return still young enough to lead the fleet into battle. Since he knew that he was not the best person to lead the fleet, Mazer reprogrammed the computer on board his ship so that the Earth government would no longer be able to control it. He then forced them to find a new fleet commander and arranged to have a young Hyrum Graff set up the Battle School to train possible candidates.

## Characters

* Admiral Mazer Rackham
* Kim Arnsbrach Rackham Summers - Mazer's ex-wife
* Pahu Rangi - Mazer's son
* Pai Mahutanga - Mazer’s daughter
* Kahui Kura (English name Mirth) - Pai Mahutanga's daughter
* Pao Pao Te Rangi (English name Glad) - Pai Mahutanga's daughter
* Mazer Taka Aho Howarth - Pai Mahutanga's son
* Struan Maeroero - Pai Mahutanga's infant son
* Lieutenant Hyrum Graff - later promoted to captain

## Audio

In addition to the text version of the story, "Mazer in Prison" is also available from InterGalactic Medicine Show as an audio download. The story was read by Audie Award winner Stefan Rudnicki.

## Publication

"Mazer in Prison" was published in the October 2005 issue of Intergalactic Medicine Show. It also appears in the anthology Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. It was also published in Subterranean Press's Subterranean Magazine Issue #5. It was included in the 2009 "Federations" anthology of John Joseph Adams.

