The Swarm (Card and Johnston novel)

The Swarm
Author	Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Cover artist	John Harris
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ender's Game series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	August 2, 2016
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	462 (Hardcover)
ISBN	978-0-7653-7562-9
OCLC	953833134
Preceded by	Earth Awakens
Followed by	The Hive

The Swarm is a 2016 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, and the first book of the Second Formic Wars trilogy of novels in the Ender's Game series. It was released on August 2, 2016.[1]

Plot

The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army, but China has been devastated by the Formics' initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action when scientists determined that the single ship that wreaked such damage was merely a scout ship. Earth's government has been reorganized for defense; it now comprises a Hegemon, a planetary official responsible for keeping all the formerly warring nations in line, and a Polemarch, responsible for organizing all the military forces of the planet into the new International Fleet. But ambition and politics, greed and self-interest remain, as important members of the military continue to place their career prospects ahead of Earth's defense. It is up to Bingwen, Mazer Rackam, Victor Delgado and Lem Jukes to create a weapon that can effectively defend humanity.

Series

The book is the first of the Second Formic War trilogy by Card and Johnston. The projected titles for the second and third books are The Hive and The Queens respectively.[2] The Hive was released on June 11, 2019.[3]

Reception

As of July 2018 it had a rating of 4.12 out of 5 (3074 votes) on Goodreads.[1]

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References

"The Swarm (The Second Formic War, #1)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (2014-04-03). "The Second Formic Wars trilogy titles released" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-07-21 – via Twitter.
"The Hive (The Second Formic War #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

External links

The Swarm title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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[Note1-1] The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period.
The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).

[Note2-2] The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period.
- First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy.
- Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.

[Note3-3] Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies:
"Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as:
- "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile).
"Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as:
- "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as:
- "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), to be (?) referred to as:
- "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with Shadows Alive)

[Note4-4] Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.

[goodreads-5] "The Swarm (The Second Formic War, #1)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.

[6] Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (2014-04-03). "The Second Formic Wars trilogy titles released" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-07-21 – via Twitter.

[7] "The Hive (The Second Formic War #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.