title: The Swarm (Card and Johnston novel)
text: # The Swarm (Card and Johnston novel)
  
  Ender's Game series :
  
  Chronology :
  
  In chronological order
  
  Earth Unaware
  
  Earth Afire
  
  Earth Awakens
  
  The Swarm
  
  The Hive
  
  The Queens
  
  "Mazer in Prison"
  
  "The Polish Boy"
  
  "Teacher's Pest"
  
  "Pretty Boy"
  
  "Cheater"
  
  Ender's Game
  
  'Recruiting Valentine'
  
  A War of Gifts
  
  Ender's Shadow
  
  'The League War'
  
  Children of the Fleet
  
  Ender in Exile
  
  Shadow of the Hegemon
  
  Shadow Puppets
  
  Shadow of the Giant
  
  Shadows in Flight
  
  "Investment Counselor"
  
  Speaker for the Dead
  
  Xenocide
  
  Children of the Mind
  
  The Last Shadow :
  
  In publication order
  
  Ender's Game
  
  Speaker for the Dead
  
  Xenocide
  
  Children of the Mind
  
  Ender's Shadow
  
  Shadow of the Hegemon
  
  Shadow Puppets
  
  First Meetings
  
  Shadow of the Giant
  
  A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
  
  Ender in Exile
  
  Shadows in Flight
  
  Earth Unaware
  
  Earth Afire
  
  Earth Awakens
  
  The Swarm
  
  Children of the Fleet
  
  The Last Shadow
  
  The Hive
  
  The Queens :
  
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  | Short Stories | Novels | Comics | Audioplay | Film |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Ender's Game :
  
  Formic Wars: Burning Earth (2011) :
  
  Earth Unaware (2012) :
  
  Mazer in Prison :
  
  Mazer in Prison :
  
  The Swarm (2016) :
  
  Ender's Shadow (1999) :
  
  Battle School (2009) :
  
  * Ultimate collection (2012) |||||
  
  Ender's Game Alive (2013) :
  
  Ender's Game (1977) :
  
  Ender's Game (1985) :
  
  Battle School (2009) :
  
  * Ultimate collection (2012) |||||
  
  Ender's Game (2013) :
  
  Ender's Stocking (2007) :
  
  * War of Gifts (2009) |||||
  
  Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) :
  
  Ender's Homecoming (2008) :
  
  * A Young Man with Prospects (2007) |||||
  * A Young Man with Prospects (2007) |||||
  * The Gold Bug (2007) |||||
  
  Ender in Exile (2008) :
  
  Children of the Fleet (2017) :
  
  Speaker for the Dead (2011) :
  
  * Gloriously Bright (1991) |||||
  
  Speaker for the Dead (1986) :
  
  1 2 3 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).1 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.1 2 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), could be referred to as: - "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with The Last Shadow)↑ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film. :
  
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  The Swarm is a 2016 science fiction novel by American writers 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.
  
  ## 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. The Hive was released on June 11, 2019.
  
  