The Formic Wars · Book 2
Earth Afire
- Published
- 15 January 2013
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN-13
- 9780765367372
- Type
- novel
About this book
Earth Afire (January 2013, 528 pages) -- over 130 pages longer than the series opener -- is the second book in the First Formic War trilogy, continuing to track mining-ship crews, military officers, and the young Mazer Rackham as Earth scrambles to survive a catastrophic first contact with the insectoid Formics.
Its place in The Formic Wars
Earth Afire is book 2 in the The Formic Wars series. It follows Earth Unaware. It is followed by Earth Awakens. See the full The Formic Wars reading order.
Co-written with Aaron Johnston, the Formic Wars novels are prequels to Ender's Game dramatizing the two alien invasions -- referred to throughout the original saga only in hindsight -- that shaped the world Ender is born into. The First Formic War trilogy ( Earth Unaware , Earth Afire , Earth Awakens ) follows the initial, catastrophic contact between humanity and the insectoid Formics (the 'Buggers' of Ender's Game ), tracking mining-ship crews, military officers, and the young Mazer Rackham -- later Ender's own…
Editions
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