This very question was one of the central points of Ender in Exile. Ender couldn't understand why the Hive Queens "let" him kill them all. He eventually realized that their intention was for humanity to believe that they were all dead so that they wouldn't scour the galaxy looking for surv...

i just found one thing i wanted to mention. the ansible was mentioned mostly in the speaker series, and is very rarely mentioned in the shadow series. so OSC makes a big deal out of how bean has an ansible, and even makes bean send a message to graff. why did he do it, if not to somehow get jane in...

1. The Descoladores can't have anything to do with Bean or his children. In Children, Jane, Miro, and Valentine find the planet of the Descaladores by analyzing the biota of various planets and noting the remnants of Descolada-like effects. Not only are the Descaladores utterly alien (anyone remembe...