The First Formic War Series by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

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  • Earth Unaware (The First Formic War #1)
    #1

    Earth Unaware (The First Formic War #1)

    Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2012

    HUMANS THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE IN THE GALAXY. UNTIL NOW. A hundred years before Ender's Game, humanity is slowly making its way out to the planets of the solar system, exploring and mining asteroids. The ship El Cavador is far from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. When the ship's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, they're unsure what to make of it... more

  • Earth Afire (The First Formic War #2)
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    Earth Afire (The First Formic War #2)

    Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2013

    One hundred years before Ender's Game the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War. Victor beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. But it wasn't enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat.

  • Earth Awakens (The First Formic War #3)
    #3

    Earth Awakens (The First Formic War #3)

    Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2014

    The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens.Nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game, humans were just beginning to step off Earth and out into the Solar System. A thin web of ships in both asteroid belts; a few stations; a corporate settlement on Luna. No one had seen any sign of other space-faring races; everyone expected that First Contact, if it came, would happen in the future, in the empty reaches between the stars... more

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