Ender's Game
A gifted child is taken to a space battle school where games, pressure, and war become dangerously real.
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Plot structure labels used: rise from ruin, from bankruptcy to contracts, training arc, trial by fire, recruitment arc, episodic contracts, battle escalation, setup for series, mystery threads, fast paced
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