The Recurring Cast
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Petra Arkanian

Petra Arkanian is a Battle School commander.

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Character facts

First appearance
Ender's Game (1985)
Latest appearance
Shadow of the Giant (2005)
Books
5 (4 major, 1 minor)
Series
Ender Quintet, Shadow
Author
Orson Scott Card
Circle
The Shadow books

Where to meet Petra Arkanian

Petra Arkanian first appears in Ender's Game (1985), in a minor role, book 1 of the Ender Quintet series.

Buy Ender's Game

Every book with Petra Arkanian

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1985·Ender's Gameminor role · Ender QuintetBuy
  2. 1999MEnder's Shadowmajor role · ShadowBuy
  3. 2000MShadow of the Hegemonmajor role · ShadowBuy
  4. 2002MShadow Puppetsmajor role · ShadowBuy
  5. 2005MShadow of the Giantmajor role · ShadowBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Julian "Bean" DelphikiTiny genius from the streets5
Peter WigginEnder's ruthless brother4
Andrew "Ender" WigginChild commander2