The Call of Earth
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 332
- ISBN-13
- 9780785752363
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Call of Earth, published in 1993 at 332 pages, continues Nafai's family through Harmony's court intrigues as Oversoul's degrading circuits push them closer to the journey back to Earth.
Key facts about The Call of Earth
Orson Scott Card wrote The Call of Earth, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1993. The book has 332 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780785752363 to find the main one.
The Call of Earth is book 2 of 5 in the Homecoming Saga series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with The Memory of Earth (1992).
Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Ender's Game, Tales of Alvin Maker and Ender's Shadow, 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 Homecoming Saga
The Call of Earth is book 2 in the Homecoming Saga series. It follows The Memory of Earth. It is followed by The Ships of Earth. See the full Homecoming Saga reading order.
Forty million years in the future, the last remnants of humanity live on the planet Harmony, kept deliberately primitive and pre-industrial by Oversoul, an ancient orbiting computer originally programmed to prevent the kind of technological self-destruction that drove humans off Earth in the first place. When Oversoul's degrading circuits threaten to fail and release Harmony's people into unrestrained technological development, it recruits the family of Nafai to journey back to a mythic, half-remembered Earth and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780785752363