The Formic Wars · Book 1
Earth Unaware
- Published
- 17 July 2012
- Pages
- 392
- ISBN-13
- 9780356502748
- Type
- novel
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.
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…
Editions
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