Earth Unaware

In "Earth Unaware," set a century before "Ender's Game," humanity is just beginning to expand into the Solar System, focusing on exploration and mining in the distant Kuiper Belt. The mining ship El Cavador, grappling with aging systems and corporate threats, detects a massive, fast-moving object approaching the solar system. As the crew struggles with internal challenges, they remain unaware that this object heralds humanity's first contact with an alien race, igniting the monumental First Formic War. This gripping tale marks the beginning of an epic series by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.