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The Swarm
The Swarm | Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
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Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's 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. There is a mothership out beyond the Solar System's Kuiper Belt, and it's heading into the system, unstoppable by any weapons that Earth can muster. Earth has been reorganized for defense. There is now a Hegemon, a planetary official responsible for keeping all the formerly warring nations in line. There's a Polemarch, responsible for organizing all the military forces of the planet into the new International Fleet. But there is an enemy within, an enemy as old as human warfare: ambition and politics. Greed and self-interest. Will Bingwen, Mazer Rackam, Victor Delgado and Lem Juke be able to divert those very human enemies in time to create a weapon that can effectively defend humanity in the inexorable Second Formic War?
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Love is joy and coming home 🥰

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Oh, my heart 🥰

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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This one spoke to my therapist soul

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This was one of my favorites 😍

Gave me very #Stoic feels.

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4.5/5 💚‘s

I think I am officially out of my reading funk! Yay!

The story follows the start of the second Formic war in the Enderverse. But the formics are less important than the character you come to o ow in the first formic war trilogy. If I could sum it up, I‘d tell you this is a book about love. Love for those close to us and love for the human race.

I can‘t wait to share some of my favorite quotes from this book. Stay tuned! 😉

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Finally reading the book I bought 4yrs ago when my husband proposed (7yrs after we were married) to me in Barnes & Noble on my birthday. 😊

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We went to B&N so I could pick out a book for my birthday. I was perusing the sci-fi/fantasy section when My hubs starts going on about how he's too anxious & can't wait any longer. I'm thinking, "WTH is he talking about?" Then he dropped to 1 knee, & asked, "will you continue to be my wife?" Of course I said yes, then told him to get up before anyone sees him. After 7.5yrs of marriage I got the down on 1 knee proposal w/ a diamond ring. ????

Blair_Reads Omg 💜💜💜💜 8y
TheNextBook Awwww!!!! That's amazing! 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa What a great guy! Congratulations! 8y
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Megabooks ❤️💜❤️💜 8y
OSChamberlain Right on!!! 8y
rubyslippersreads In a bookstore--what could be more perfect? ❤️ 8y
LauraBeth This is so sweet 💕 8y
Claireluana How wonderful!!! 8y
Bookzombie That's awesome! Love it! Congratulations!! 8y
Eyelit 💜💜💜 8y
Godmotherx5 In a bookstore no less. Congrats! 8y
QuoteQueen @rubyslippersreads not only was it in a bookstore, but also in one of my favorite sections (closely tied with philosophy). 8y
QuoteQueen Oh, and OF COURSE I did get a new book. 😉 I'd been waiting forever for Swarm to come out. Thus, the reason its pictured in the background. Haha 8y
Scurvygirl Wow! So awesome!💚💚 8y
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