Ender's Shadow (1999) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. It is a parallel novel, which means it has a story that has some of the events in "Ender's Game" from the point of view of another character named Bean. This book was first titled "Urchin", but it was changed before release. "Ender's Shadow" is the first of a series that includes "Shadow of the Hegemon", "Shadow Puppets", and "Shadow of the Giant".