Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston

A tense and fast-paced prequel set a century before Ender’s Game, Earth Unaware follows the Delgado family, free miners working on the asteroid ship El Cavador at the distant edge of the solar system. Their isolated routine is disrupted when young Victor Delgado and his cousin detect an object moving at an impossible speed—something massive, unknown, and heading straight toward Earth. As the crew races to warn humanity, communication delays, hostile encounters, and the vast distances of space threaten their mission at every step. This opening novel in The First Formic War trilogy blends classic space-opera tension with a gripping sense of discovery, charting the origins of the conflict that will one day shape Ender Wiggin’s world.