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Earth Unaware - (Formic Wars) by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (Paperback)

Earth Unaware - (Formic Wars) by  Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The mining ship "El Cavador" is far out from Earth. So when its telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. Before Ender Wiggin was born, before the Battle School was built, the aliens brought war to Earth in this prequel. OA standout tale of SF adventure.ON"Library Journal."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A hundred years before <i>Ender's Game</i>, humans thought they were alone in the galaxy. Humanity was slowly making their way out from Earth to the planets and asteroids of the Solar System, exploring and mining and founding colonies.</p><p>The mining ship <i>El Cavador</i> is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when <i>El Cavador</i>'s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. It's massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.</p><p>But the ship has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big. There are claim-jumping corporates bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems...not important.</p><p>They're wrong. It's the most important thing that has happened to the human race in a million years. This is humanity's first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin. <br><i>Earth Unaware </i>is the first novel in The First Formic War series by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.</p><p>THE ENDER UNIVERSE</p><p> Ender series<br> <i>Ender's Game </i>/ <i>Speaker for the Dead </i>/ <i>Xenocide </i>/ <i>Children of the Mind </i>/<i> Ender in Exile </i>/ <i>Children of the Fleet</i></p><p> Ender's Shadow series<br> <i>Ender's Shadow </i>/ <i>Shadow of the Hegemon </i>/ <i>Shadow Puppets </i>/ <i>Shadow of the Giant </i>/ <i>Shadows in Flight</i></p><p> The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)<br> <i>Earth Unaware </i>/ <i>Earth Afire </i>/ <i>Earth Awakens</i></p><p> The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)<br> <i>The Swarm </i>/ <i>The Hive</i></p><p> Ender novellas<br> <i>A War of Gifts </i>/ <i>First Meetings</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer." --<i>The Houston Post on Xenocide</i></p><p>"Card has raised to a fine art the creation of suspense by means of ethical dilemmas." --<i>Chicago Sun-Times on Xenocide</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the bestselling Ender's Universe series and its spinoffs. <i>Ender's Game</i> and <i>Speaker for the Dead</i> both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win these two top prizes in consecutive years. Card has also written the fantasy Tales of Alvin Maker and Mither Mages series. </p><p>AARON JOHNSTON is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author, comic book writer, and screenwriter who often collaborates with science-fiction legend Orson Scott Card (<i>Invasive Procedures</i>, the First and Second Formic War series in the Ender Universe).</p>

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