The Formic Wars · Book 1

Earth Unaware

Published
17 July 2012
Pages
392
ISBN-13
9780356502748
Type
novel
Cover of Earth Unaware

About this book

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston opened the Formic Wars trilogy-turned-longer-series on 17 July 2012 with Earth Unaware, a 392-page co-authored debut.

Key facts about Earth Unaware

Earth Unaware is a novel by Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card. Readers have had it since 17 July 2012. It runs to 392 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Earth Unaware. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780356502748 to find the main one.

Earth Unaware is book 1 of 5 in The Formic Wars series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Hive is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 June 2019.

Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Ender's Game, Tales of Alvin Maker and Homecoming Saga, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.

Its place in The Formic Wars

Earth Unaware is book 1 in the The Formic Wars series. It is followed by Earth Afire. 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…

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