The Formic Wars · Book 5
The Hive
- Published
- 11 June 2019
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780765375643
- Type
- novel
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.
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…
Editions
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