title: Earth Awakens
text: # Earth Awakens
  
  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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  Earth Awakens is a science fiction novel by American writers Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, and the third book of the First Formic Wars trilogy of novels in the Ender's Game series. It was released on June 10, 2014. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for science fiction.
  
  ## Plot
  
  With an alien invasion in progress in China, humanity is divided on how to defend itself. The Chinese government is determined to go it alone, despite suffering catastrophic losses. Captain Wit O'Toole of the Mobile Operations Police (MOP) and Mazer Rackham have managed to destroy one of the three alien landers, but because they achieved the first significant human victory of the war without official approval and using a nuclear warhead obtained without authorization, they are in the custody of Chinese General Sima. During the invasion, Mazer Rackham saves Bingwen, a very intelligent eight-year-old Chinese boy who now comes up with a clever ploy to get them released: he spreads word over the internet that they were acting under Sima's orders and gives Sima full credit.
  
  Meanwhile, Victor Delgado and Imala Bootstamp drift to the alien mothership in a ship disguised to avoid being destroyed. Victor manages to enter and explore the vessel. They survive a failed drone attack on the alien ship and, after getting away again, confront Lem Jukes, whom they suspect of involvement in the attack. Actually, it was launched by Lem's father, Ukko. Lem tried to stop or delay it.
  
  Based on what he has learned, Victor devises a plan to capture it, and reluctantly accepts Lem's help in carrying it out. The MOPs, including Wit and Mazer, are recruited to become the rest of Victor's boarding party. Despite Victor's objections, Imala volunteers as well.
  
  When the Formics detect the intruders, all of their forces on Earth leave to go to their ship's defense. Lem leads a force to hold them off, resulting in a fierce space battle. Aboard the Mothership, Wit has to sacrifice his life, exposing himself to quickly lethal levels of radiation, but Victor's plan succeeds, and the ship is captured intact. However, Victor's cousin, Edimar, backtracks the path of the alien ship and discovers that it was only a scout ship; the real Mothership is reconfiguring itself into a battle fleet that will arrive in about five years.
  
  