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The Formic Wars · Book 5

The Hive

by Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card
Published
11 June 2019
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9780765375643
Type
novel
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About this book

The Hive (June 2019, 400 pages), the fifth Card-Johnston novel, closes the Second Formic War duology by following the political maneuvering and military desperation that produces the Battle School program Ender is eventually recruited into.

Key facts about The Hive

Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card wrote The Hive, a novel on our list. It has been out since 11 June 2019. The book has 400 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780765375643 to find the main one.

The Hive is book 5 of 5 in The Formic Wars series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with Earth Unaware (2012). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

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

The Hive is book 5 in the The Formic Wars series. It follows The Swarm. 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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