{"product_id":"9780765397416","title":"The First Formic War: (Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis discounted ebundle includes: \u003ci\u003eEarth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne hundred years before Ender Wiggin decisively defeated the alien formics in \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game.\u003c\/i\u003e A pulse-pounding tale of first contact gone horribly wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/i\u003e opens in the last desperate days of Earth’s war against the implacable insectoid aliens.  We are told early on that the Battle School is training generals for the Third Formic War — the war that will end the war; will save the Earth; will finally defeat the Buggers. This is the story of the First Formic Wars, back when 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. Then a ship’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth Unaware \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e— When mining ship \u003ci\u003eEl Cavador\u003c\/i\u003e'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. But the ship has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems…not important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth Afire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e — Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat. That is, until space stations and ships and colonies went up in sudden flame. And when that happened, only Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police could organize in time to meet the threat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth Awakens \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e— Politics slowed the response on Earth, and on Luna, corporate power struggles seemed more urgent than distant deaths. It's up to Mazer Rackham's squad in China, who have developed a method to destroy the alien landers one by one; and Lem Jukes and his crew on the Moon, who may have the key to destroying the Formic mother ship in orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks by Orson Scott Card\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Ender Universe\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnder Quintet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#2\u003ci\u003e Ender in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#3 \u003ci\u003eSpeaker for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#4 \u003ci\u003eXenodice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#5 \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEnder’s Shadow Quintet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eEnder’s Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#2 \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Hegemon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#3 \u003ci\u003eShadow Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#4 \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Giant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#5 \u003ci\u003eShadows in Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Second Formic War \u003c\/b\u003e(With Aaron Johnston)\u003cbr\u003e #1 \u003ci\u003eThe Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Books in the Ender Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildren of the Fleet \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e A War of Gifts (novella)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e First Meetings (novella)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eOther Series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHomecoming\u003cbr\u003eThe Mithermages\u003cbr\u003eThe Tales of Alvin Maker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127223304432,"sku":"9780765397416","price":20.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765397416_p0.jpg?v=1763660551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765397416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}