The Hive (Card and Johnston novel)

The Hive
	First edition
Author	Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Cover artist	John Harris
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ender's Game series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	June 11, 2019
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	396 (Hardcover)
ISBN	978-0-7653-7564-3
Preceded by	The Swarm
Followed by

The Hive is a 2019 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, and the second book of the Second Formic Wars trilogy of novels in the Ender's Game series. It was released on June 11, 2019.^[1]

Plot[]

In 'The Swarm', the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms were beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army, with notable efforts by Bingwen, Mazer Rackham, Victor Delgado and Lem Jukes. The devastation of China associated with this led to the reorganization of Earth's government for defense of the human species. In 'The Hive', the series' main characters face the forces of nationalism, tribalism, paranoia, egotism, jealousy, and self-aggrandizement that threaten to tear apart Earth's new defense forces from within. Meanwhile, they must battle the ever growing forces of the Formics and attempt to locate and destroy the Hive Queen.

Series[]

The book is the second of the Second Formic War trilogy by Card and Johnston. The titles for the first and third books are The Swarm and The Queens respectively.^[2]

Reception[]

As of November 2020, it had a rating of 4.07 out of 5 (1752 votes) on Goodreads.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The Hive (The Second Formic War, #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^ Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (2014-04-03). "The Second Formic Wars trilogy titles released" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-07-21 – via Twitter.

External links[]

The Hive title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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[Note1-1] 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).

[Note2-2] 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.

[Note3-3] 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)

[Note4-4] Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.

[goodreads-5] "The Hive (The Second Formic War, #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.

[6] Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (2014-04-03). "The Second Formic Wars trilogy titles released" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-07-21 – via Twitter.

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