Earth Unaware

By Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

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

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.