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Earth Unaware

By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, Vikas Adam, Emily Janice Card, Gabrielle de Cuir, Roxanne Hernandez
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A hundred years before Ender's Game, 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.

The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador'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. The family is getting too big. There are claim-jumping corporates bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt. Worrying about a distant object that might or might not be an alien ship seems…not important.

They're wrong. It's the most important thing that has happened to the human race in a million years. This is humanity's first contact with an alien race. The First Formic War is about to begin.
Earth Unaware is the first novel in The First Formic War series by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.

©2012 Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (P)2012 Macmillan Audio Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic reviews

“The somber basso voice of Stefan Rudnicki and two well-chosen players march through the story, with a young man's voice particularly effective in segments featuring the angst-ridden teenager. This is an outstanding job, with more to come.” —AudioFile Magazine

“As the narration passes from character to character, the talented cast... easily keeps listeners intrigued with skillful characterizations that feature unique voices, accents, and dialects. And by the time the huge alien ship arrives and the story kicks into high gear, listeners will be utterly captivated by this exciting adventure.” —Publishers Weekly
Engaging Storytelling • Compelling Character Development • Suspenseful Plot • Emotional Depth • Expansive Worldbuilding
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Great story but switched narrators too much for the same characters which I wasn't a fan of

Good Book but cliffhanger ending

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Love it thank you Orson Scott Card Grate Book I look forword to reading more.

grate book

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I love this book, and the various narrators that were involved. great job introducing all of the various characters for the entire series

great beginning to a series

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not sure who Aaron Johnston is but this was a satisfying read. love Vico. good job all around. can't wait to read the sequel.

loved it.

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I enjoyed the performance in the story to this early backstory to enders game. I look forward to hearing more in the series.

I really enjoyed this first back story to ender's

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I am bias to Orson's books. the changing of the narrators based on who's viewpoint was happening was fantastic.

well rounded narrative, great book

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If you are a fan of the Ender series then you will be thrilled to read about the days before Ender's struggle began when the human species still thought it was the only sentient life in the universe.

That illusion is shattered in this exciting new chapter to the Ender saga!

A great new edition to the Ender series!

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I’ll be honest, I was hoping for more about Mazer. But what we got is an interesting story out in space about first contact with the Formics. The characters are believable and the world creation is excellent. I’m very interested in a sequel for this book. The full cast narration brings excellent value to this audiobook, too.

Well written prequel

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I find myself waiting for "Earth Now Aware?" ... how would you follow a piece such as this? I'd certainly like for him to try.

Phenomenal

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Looking forward to continuing on in the Enderverse. Great to hear some of the characters already start to form.

Enderverse 1

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