A war is brewing on the horizon, between the Government and the people. Sixteen-year-old Jay just happens to find herself in the midst of one of these conflicts when she stumbles upon a farm. But what happens then changes Her plans. She tells everyone that she can stop a war that hasn't begun, but in her heart, she know that she may have made that even more impossible. Max is a simple farm hand living a simple life. He lives on the family farm with his aunt, uncle and his two brothers. But his view on the conflicts that are sweeping nation wide change when a girl steps onto the playing field, saying that she can prevent the approaching war.

Many years after the Bugger War was ended by Ender Wiggin, the Earth is faced with a new threat, a threat that starts the Battle School program up again. Twelve year old Jaden May is a smarter then average girl. She is twelve years old and is smarter then most of the thirteen year old kids she is in school with. But the IF didn't notice her smarts until six years after they took out the monitor, so when they show up at her door, she is very confused about what is going on. Will she be the person that the human race needs to survive? Or will she doom us all?