The Formic Wars · Book 4
The Swarm
- Published
- 30 August 2016
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN-13
- 9780765375636
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Swarm (August 2016, 528 pages) opens the Second Formic War duology, jumping forward to the buildup of the massive counter-invasion fleet and International Fleet command structure that Ender's Game takes for granted.
Its place in The Formic Wars
The Swarm is book 4 in the The Formic Wars series. It follows Earth Awakens. It is followed by The Hive. 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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