The series, like the novels they are based on, are set in a future where mankind is facing annihilation by an aggressive alien society, an insect-like race known colloquially as "Buggers" but more formally as "Formics".
6-year-old Ender Wiggin, the main protagonist, is groomed for command as part of the elite program and must face daunting battle trials and simulations in order to save the planet.
The main protagonist is Bean, a mysterious, tiny orphan on the streets of Rotterdam, who will eventually enter Battle School and become known as the only person there who may be even more brilliant than Ender Wiggin.
[5] It centers upon Ender's two older siblings Peter and Valentine, who navigate struggles in their life back on Earth and display precocious signs of leadership in their own right.
Valentine demonstrates her will and compassion in fighting injustice, and her older brother Peter guides his sister through the process of nonviolent influence, and sets the ball rolling for his plans to one day rule the world.
The story centers around Mazer's involuntary exile from Earth and his efforts to transform the International Fleet into an organization capable of managing and winning the upcoming war.
Now thirteen, Ender Wiggin has successfully saved mankind from the alien threat, but having served his purpose, he is branded a monster by those who feel threatened by his military genius and sent into exile in space.
A five-part series released from January–May 2011, the events center upon a now-adult Ender Wiggin, who has written a book, Speaker for the Dead, which created a pseudo-religion spanning the known worlds.
With 44 million people killed by the toxic gas that the alien Formics unleashed in China, the only hope of a counter-agent lies with Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police safely retrieving a sample.
Within the story, the events of the comics take place in the following order: Gold Bug appears in the hardcover edition of Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker.