A review by hivequeen
Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card

4.0

This book is definitely a must-read if you enjoy other books in the Enderverse. It was a really interesting take on the beginning of the war; I loved the fact that the story line revolved around miners rather than soldiers. Card and Johnston tied the story back to the Ender's Game story line, but in a more subtle and roundabout way than I was expecting.

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By having the miners find the Formics ship, a whole different side of the war was revealed. People that just wanted to protect themselves and their family putting their lives on the line for the human race as a whole.

It continued the idea from the Ender's Game series that the most capable, brave, and smart people are often the ones that you would never expect to have those traits. First there was Ender and his fellow students at Battle School, now there is Victor, willing to risk anything to help humanity.
While I did enjoy reading the stories of the miners, the corporates, and the soldiers back on earth, there was one character that I wanted to hear much more about:

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Mazer Rackham. The authors stuck him in there for a chapter or two, then he disappeared just as quickly. I would love love love to find out more of his backstory, so I'm hoping to see more of him in the second book.

Overall, I thought it was great. It could have tied back a little bit more to the Ender's Game series in some places, but maybe that will happen in the second book!