Hegemon of Earth
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In the Ender's Game
and Shadow series by Orson Scott Card
, the Hegemon is the ruler of the planet. Even though the planet is still divided into countries, the Hegemon has power over them all.
Peter Wiggin, Ender Wiggin's brother, becomes the Hegemon at the conclusion of Ender's Game
. The Shadow series covers the years that Peter serves in this position. In the novel, the position of Hegemon was the political leader of Earth. The Hegemon, along with the positions of Polemarch
(responsible for the International Fleet of space warships), and the Strategos
(responsible for the overall command of solar system defense), was one of the three most powerful people alive. The defeat of the Formics by Ender changed this position. Bean was given the title of Strategos by Peter Wiggin after he assumed the Hegemony.
The Hegemon is also the title of a fictional book
written by character Andrew "Ender" Wiggin about his brother Peter, usually published with The Hive Queen
by the same author. Both works are a result of Ender's turning into a Speaker for the Dead after the end of the Formic War.
Ender's Game series
The Ender's Game series is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card. The series started with the novelette "Ender's Game", which was later expanded into the novel Ender's Game. It currently consists of eleven novels and ten short stories...
and Shadow series by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
, the Hegemon is the ruler of the planet. Even though the planet is still divided into countries, the Hegemon has power over them all.
Peter Wiggin, Ender Wiggin's brother, becomes the Hegemon at the conclusion of Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Ender's Game is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. The book originated as the short story "Ender's Game", published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional...
. The Shadow series covers the years that Peter serves in this position. In the novel, the position of Hegemon was the political leader of Earth. The Hegemon, along with the positions of Polemarch
Polemarch
A polemarch was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states . The title is composed out of the polemos and archon and translates as "warleader" or "warlord", one of the nine archontes appointed annually in Athens...
(responsible for the International Fleet of space warships), and the Strategos
Strategos
Strategos, plural strategoi, is used in Greek to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor...
(responsible for the overall command of solar system defense), was one of the three most powerful people alive. The defeat of the Formics by Ender changed this position. Bean was given the title of Strategos by Peter Wiggin after he assumed the Hegemony.
The Hegemon is also the title of a fictional book
Fictional book
A fictional book is a book that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, a common thread in a series of books, or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. A fictional book may also be used as a mode of conceit to illustrate a story within a story.-Prominent fictional...
written by character Andrew "Ender" Wiggin about his brother Peter, usually published with The Hive Queen
The Hive Queen (Ender's Game)
The Hive Queen is a fictional character, the central consciousness and physical embodiment of the group mind the Formics from Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series....
by the same author. Both works are a result of Ender's turning into a Speaker for the Dead after the end of the Formic War.