Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card.
Got this out of the library and whipped through it. A fast read. Still not as good as Ender's Game was. I think it has to do with the pacing. Ender's Game was a slow build, with some cool tech and aliens thrown in, to boot. The Shadow series could almost be happening in an alternate present.
I also thought all the characters started to sound the same (though perhaps that had something to do with the speed in which I read the book.) But all the conversations seemed to come down to witty bantering.
It was an OK read, but I'm glad I got it out of the library instead of buying it.
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