"You've been watching the vids too, right?" Valentine asked of him. Her expression actually looked-- almost worshipful, on the other side of their phone connection. "He was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant ( Read more... )

Peter woke up in the morning to the sound of IM warnings blaring loudly from his desk. Being that he'd only gotten in at like, two AM last night, he was not, to put it mildly, pleased. He stumbled out of bed, glaring at the holographic display informing him he had five messages waiting - who the hell wanted to contact him at eight in the morning on ( Read more... )

Both of Demosthenes' essays had gone live yesterday - the one indicting the Polemarch in the early afternoon, the one revealing Ender's identity late in the evening. By morning, Peter knew, the Hegemony would be panicking. It was a state that held a lot of potential, and so Peter had finished off his Locke essay demanding that footage of Ender be ( Read more... )

The message came at around eleven. Well, message - special news bulletin, anyway. Peter had been halfway into another essay about preserving the Hegemony when it popped up, demanding his attention. Special announcement from the Hegemon, apparently.

He clicked on the image with his finger and sat forward with interest.

"People of the Earth, twice ( Read more... )