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Earth Awakens (The First Formic War)

Title: Earth Awakens (The First Formic War)
Author: Orson Scott Card
Year First Published: 2014
Page Count: 400
Synopsis:

The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens.

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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. Then a young navigator on a distant mining ship saw something moving too fast, heading directly for our sun.

When the alien ship screamed through the solar system, it disrupted communications between the far-flung human mining ships and supply stations, and between them and Earth. So Earth and Luna were unaware that they had been invaded until the ship pulled into Earth orbit, and began landing terra-forming crews in China. Politics and pride slowed the response on Earth, and on Luna, corporate power struggles seemed more urgent than distant deaths. But there are a few men and women who see that if Earth doesn�t wake up and pull together, the planet could be lost.


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Profanity Violence Sexual Content
I found the violence of this trilogy to be very manageable for the average adult.
Characterization Plot Overall Rating
If you are familiar with Orson Scott Cards work you will love this prequel trilogy to Ender's Game. In general the trilogy has good science fiction elements and plenty of action. There are main characters that are children and teens but there are also plenty of adult characters making this non-juvenile. Compared to the Ender's Game sequel novels which get somewhat philosophical these are much more of action adventure books.


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Focus Technology Main Character Teen
Focus Non-Human form Alien Races Main Character Adult
Focus Science Main Character Young Adult
Focus Natural Disaster/End of World Readability Easy
Focus Survival Setting Earth Based
Focus Husband/Wife Setting Non-Earth Based
Focus Parent/Child Setting North America
Main Character Child Setting Asia
Main Character Male Time Period Far Term
Main Character Female Time Period Futuristic

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