Earth Unaware

By Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

Subjects: Interstellar travel, Science fiction, Space warfare, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, science fiction, military, Fiction, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-08-05, Space and time, Human-alien encounters

Description: The mining ship El Cavador, beyond Pluto, detects a fast-moving incoming object headed toward Earth. The crew decides it's probably not important, but they're wrong: it represents the opening wave of the first Formic War.