After Orson Scott Card

Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer and August Cole

You devoured Shadow of the Hegemon for its razor-sharp geopolitical betrayals and hyper-intelligent tacticians outmaneuvering incompetent leaders, feeding that inner genius fantasy. Ghost Fleet cranks it up with near-future Earth conflicts where alliances shatter and ruthless pragmatism reigns in high-stakes espionage. It's the ultimate hit for armchair strategists craving merit-based dominance and unapologetic might-makes-right vibes.

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

If Ender's genius-fueled isolation and strategic detachment carved a wound you've never stopped probing, Skyward will rip it open again. Spensa Nightshade is the outcast pilot-savant drowning in the same brutal calculus—high-stakes aerial dogfights, authority figures pulling puppet strings, and twists that redefine heroism without tidy answers. War as psychological crucible, not anthem.