Children of the Mind

With the fleet closing on Lusitania, Jane uses travel through the Outside to move humans, pequeninos and the Hive Queen to new planets. Young Peter, born from Ender's mind, sets out with Si Wang-mu to talk Congress into backing down. Meanwhile, the ansible network is being shut off, and Jane is losing memory and focus. She has to move her aiúa, her core self, into a human body. Peter and Wang-mu get Congress to call off the fleet, but the admiral disobeys and fires the missile. Ender dies, and his aiúa passes into Peter's body. Jane takes over young Val's body, moves the missile out of the way and saves the planet. On the day of Ender's funeral, two couples marry.

1. Behind the scenesIt was half of Xenocide

   Children of the Mind began as the second half of Xenocide. The material was split into two books, which is why this one picks up right where the last one stops.

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2. ReferenceA name from China

   Si Wang-mu, who shares the book with young Peter, is named after the Queen Mother of the West from Chinese mythology.

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