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The Hive

By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
Narrated by: full cast
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Publisher's summary

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to the prequels to Ender's Game following The Swarm with The Hive, the second audiobook in the Second Formic War.

Card and Johnston continue the fast-paced hard science fiction history of the Formic Wars—the alien invasions of Earth’s Solar System that ultimately led to Ender Wiggin’s total victory in Ender's Game.

A coalition of Earth’s nations barely fought off the Formics’ first scout ship. Now it’s clear that there’s a mother-ship out on the edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth’s warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?

Ender's Game is one of the most popular and bestselling science fiction titles of all time. The Formic War series (The First Formic War and The Second Formic War) are the prequels to Ender’s story.

THE ENDER UNIVERSE:

Ender series
Ender’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the Fleet

Ender’s Shadow series
Ender’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight

The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
Earth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens

The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)
The Swarm / The Hive

Ender novellas
A War of Gifts / First Meetings

This program is read by Orson Scott Card, Vikas Adam, Paul Boehmer, Susan Hanfield, Arthur Morey, Emily Rankin, Stefan Rudnicki, Rob Dean, and Gabrielle de Cuir.

©2019 Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
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Great Book

Fantastic, absolutely stunning from start to finish. had a very sudden ending, but I'm excited for the next one.

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Enjoyed this book very much!

The authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston at their best! The Enderverse is very alive!

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I need the next book!

Whyyyyy did this book end it is soooooo good. I cant wait for the next book in the series.

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good

if you are familiar with any of the enderverse you know where this is going to end up, I'm enjoying the ride anyway.

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Best book of the series

A truly suspenseful and thrilling tale with imagery that will resonate with me probably for the rest of my life. Just as Earth Afire was my favorite of the first trilogy, it's going to be hard to beat The Hive, fantastic novel.

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Best Formic War Novel Yet. Great lead in "Queens

Great lead for third novel in "Second Formic War" series. Loved ensemble cast narration format.

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Such a great book

Such a great book can’t wait for the last one to come out so excited.

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Another Enderverse Masterpiece

Never disappointed, except that there isn't a tv show based off the books. I can't get enough of OSC's tactical reasoning.

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Voice acting wasn't that great.

I loved the book. my only problem was with the often whiney tone of every child in the book. these genius children constantly sound like five year olds throwing tantrums because they want more juice.

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loved threw book as i have all the books in the enderverse! can not wait for the next book!

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