Orson Scott Card

It began with a quarrel over which newborn should be the baby Jesus in the town's Christmas pageant. Decades later, two scientists arrive to study small-town genetic patterns, only to run up against the invisible walls that split the leading citizens into two congregations that can only be joined by love and forgiveness. And maybe a little deception, because there might be some things that people just don't need to know.

It began with a quarrel over which newborn should be the baby Jesus in the town's Christmas pageant. Decades later, two scientists arrive to study small-town genetic patterns, only to run up against the invisible walls that split the leading citizens into two congregations that can only be joined by love and forgiveness. And maybe a little deception, because there might be some things that people just don't need to know.

From Orson Scott Card, award-winning and bestselling author of Ender's Game, his first solo Enderverse novel in years. Children of the Fleet is a new angle on Card's bestselling series, telling the story of the Fleet in space, parallel to the story on Earth told in the Ender's Shadow series. Ender Wiggin won the Third Formic war, ending the alien threat to Earth. Afterwards, all the terraformed Formic worlds were open to settlement by humans, and the International Fleet became the arm of the Ministry of Colonization, run by Hirum Graff. MinCol now runs Fleet School on the old Battle School station, and still recruits very smart kids to train as leaders of colony ships, and colonies. Dabeet Ochoa is a very smart kid. Top of his class in every school. But he doesn't think he has a chance at Fleet School, because he has no connections to the Fleet. That he knows of. At least until the day that Colonel Graff arrives at his school for an interview. 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

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 33: July 2018Mike Resnick, Editor Taylor Morris, Copyeditor Shahid Mahmud, PublisherR.K. Nickel, Gerri Leen, Orson Scott Card, George Nikolopoulos, Rebecca Birch, Deborah L. Davitt, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Larry Hodges, Floris M. Kleijne, Robert Silverberg, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Ralph Roberts, Nancy KressSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews David DrakeGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

INFINITE STARS This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today’s finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta’s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more. Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre. Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters—these authors take us to the farthest regions of space. The modern masters of space opera and military science fiction, with 14 brand new stories set in their most famous universes—exclusive to this volume! DAVID WEBER The Honor Harrington Saga BRIAN HERBERT & KEVIN J. ANDERSON Dune ELIZABETH MOON Vatta’s War ORSON SCOTT CARD Ender’s Game JACK CAMPBELL The Lost Fleet …plus more new adventures by: CATHERINE ASARD • DAVE BARA • BENNETT R. COLES • WILLIAM C. DIETZ CHARLES E. GANNON • JEAN JOHNSON • LINDA NAGATA JODY LYNN NYE • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS And ten seminal stories by some of the most famous authors in the genre: POUL ANDERSON • LEIGH BRACKETT & EDMOND HAMILTON LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD • A. C. CRISPIN • DAVID DRAKE • ANNE McCAFFREY LARRY NIVEN & JERRY POURNELLE • NNEDI OKORAFOR ROBERT SILVERBERG • CORDWAINER SMITH

Writers of the Future Vol 34: #1 Bestselling Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Stories of the Year Paperback - April 10, 2018 24 Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators Accompanied by Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Jerry Pournelle, Ciruelo and Echo Chernik Edited by David Farland Your search for something new and different in sci-fi and fantasy ends here. Presenting this year's collection of fresh voices, fabulous worlds, and fantastic new characters. Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests' blue-ribbon judges search the world to discover and introduce to you the very best new talent in sci-fi and fantasy. Created by L. Ron Hubbard , whose commitment to helping new writers and artists gave rise to the annual Writers of the Future anthologies-a launching pad for writers and artists who are sure to command our attention for decades to come. "Writers of the Future, as a contest and as a book, remains the flagship of short fiction." -Orson Scott Card "The best new stories by new writers, anywhere." -Larry Niven "These are the people who are going to be creating trends." -Brandon Sanderson "Science fiction as a genre has always looked to the future and the Writers of the Future looks to the future of science fiction." -Kevin J. Anderson "See the best of the best culled for you, curated and selected in a single volume every year." -Robert J. Sawyer Wondrous and powerful tales from some of the world's best new writers: Turnabout- Djinn are famous for twisting your words so they don't really grant your wish, but two can play that game. A Smokeless and Scorching Fire- Deacon is a government official, and he's afraid he'll stay that way if he can't break his conditioning. The Howler on the Sales Floor- It's easy making sales when you can send images of despair into the hearts of your clients. The Minarets of An-Zabat- Alder seeks the secrets of the Windcallers' magic, but his curiosity may destroy the people he loves. The Death Flyer- Jim Bellamy tries to save the life of a girl who died in the wreckage of a train ten years ago. Odd and Ugly- A tree giant takes in a housekeeper, but she has more secrets than either of them can handle. Mara's Shadow- An ancient myth might provide the key to curing a disease that threatens all of humanity. The Lesson- A lesson on philosophy in action turns into a deadly encounter. What Lies Beneath- A powerful sorcerer has so disgraced himself, he is afraid of what his family will think should he ever die and meet them on the other side. The Face in the Box- Cara discovers a floating farm parked over her land, blocking the sunlight, and must confront the driver. Flee, My Pretty One- In a world controlled by dragons and their henchmen, rock singer Josephine really only wants "death to all collaborators." Illusion- Even a court wizard will struggle to fight off armies if his weapons pack no actual punch. A Bitter Thing- You can put an end to something wondrous, but only at a cost. Miss Smokey- Lily's ability to shift shapes into a bear offers some strange challenges. All Light and Darkness- On a far world, a nameless man meets a woman of ancient genetic stock, and when trouble follows in his wake, he must choose: her life or his humanity?

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 31: March 2018Mike Resnick, Editor Taylor Morris, Copyeditor Shahid Mahmud, PublisherStories: Michael Haynes, Robert Jeschonek, Nancy Kress, Matt Dovey, Brennan Harvey, Regina Kanyu Wang, Robert Silverberg, Larry Hodges, George Nikolopoulos, Robert J. Sawyer, Jon Lasser, Steven H Silver, Orson Scott CardSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Greg BearGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 30: January 2018Mike Resnick, Editor Taylor Morris, Copyeditor Shahid Mahmud, PublisherStories: Nick DiChario, Laurie Tom, Joe Haldeman, David Afsharirad, George Nikolopoulos, Kij Johnson, M. E. Garber, David VonAllmen, Mercedes Lackey, Sean Patrick Hazlett, Eric Leif Davin, Orson Scott CardSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Lois McMasterBujoldGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action when scientists determined that the single ship that wreaked such damage was merely a scout ship. There is a mothership out beyond the Solar System's Kuiper Belt, and it's heading into the system, unstoppable by any weapons that Earth can muster. Earth has been reorganized for defense. There is now a Hegemon, a planetary official responsible for keeping all the formerly warring nations in line. There's a Polemarch, responsible for organizing all the military forces of the planet into the new International Fleet. But there is an enemy within, an enemy as old as human warfare: ambition and politics. Greed and self-interest. Will Bingwen, Mazer Rackam, Victor Delgado and Lem Juke be able to divert those very human enemies in time to create a weapon that can effectively defend humanity in the inexorable Second Formic War? 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

The seductive thrill of uncharted worlds, of distant galaxies… and the unknown threats that lurk in the vastness of the cosmos. From Foundation to Lensman, Star Wars to Guardians of the Galaxy, space opera continues to exert its magnetic pull on us all. INFINITE STARS This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today’s finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta’s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more. Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre, including a Miles Vorkosigan adventure, a story from the author of the Dragonriders of Pern, and a rare tale co-authored by the screenwriter for The Empire Strikes Back. Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters—these authors take us to the farthest regions of space.

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game--adapted to film starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford--is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives. Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is the winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel. THE ENDER UNIVERSE Ender series Ender's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind Ender's Shadow series Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight Children of the Fleet 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

Orson Scott Card, author of the bestselling science fiction novel Ender's Game, also created a series to satisfy fantasy readers.Prentice Alvin Young Alvin returns to the town of his birth, and begins his apprenticeship with Makepeace Smith, committing seven years of his life in exchange for the skills and knowledge of a blacksmith. But Alvin must also learn to control and use his own talent, that of a Maker, else his destiny will be unfulfilled.Alvin Journeyman Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century. Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For Alvin has had a vision of the Crystal City he will build, and he knows that he cannot build it alone. But he has left behind in Hatrack River enemies as well as true friends. His ancient foe, the Unmaker, whose cruel whispers and deadly plots have threatened Alvin's life at every turn, has found new hands to do his work of destruction.

Orson Scott Card (f. 1951) er en amerikansk forfatter, der skriver inden for flere forskellige genrer, men som hovedsageligt er kendt for sine science fiction-romaner. Enders strategi (1985) er hans mest kendte, og både for den og for efterfølgeren Speaker for the Dead (1986) vandt han de to højeste priser inden for science fiction-genren: The Hugo Award og The Nebula Award. Sidste gang Jorden blev angrebet af de insektlignende væsner 'summerne' var det med voldsomme ødelæggelser og tab af menneskeliv til følge. Nu står menneskene over for endnu et angreb, og det frygtes, at dette tredje angreb vil gøre det helt af med menneskeheden. Derfor forsøger man ved genetiske eksperimenter at udvikle et militært geni, der kan skabe en strategi til at besejre summerne. Andrew ”Ender” Wiggin er kun seks år gammel, da han bliver udpeget som dette geni, der måske er den menneskelige races eneste håb. Sammen med andre udvalgte højtbegavede børn kommer Ender i træning på Kampskolen, der svæver i kredsløb om jorden. Her udsættes han for en træning, der er så intens både fysisk og psykisk, at mange af børnene bryder sammen. Enders strategi er blevet en kultroman og en klassiker inden for science fiction-genren og ligger altid højt, når der laves lister over de mest populære og bedst sælgende sci-fi-bøger. Den er oversat til over 30 sprog, og i 2013 blev den filmatiseret med Asa Butterfield som Ender og med bl.a. Harrison Ford og Ben Kingsley i fremtrædende roller. "Card har taget de ærværdige science fiction-koncepter – en supermand og interstellar krig mod rumvæsner – og ved hjælp af fortrinlige karakterskildringer, tempo og sprog forenet dem i en perfekt historie med uimodståelig kraft. En kæmpe science fiction-roman efter enhver rimelig målestok." – Booklist "Enders strategi er en af de bøger, jeg allerede nu ved, jeg vil vende tilbage til igen og igen. Historien rummer så mange facetter, så den skal læses mange gange, før man får dem alle sammen med. Køb den, og glæd jer til en oplevelse ud over det almindelige!" – Jens Stürup, Proxima "Det er en flot svungen historie. En værdig repræsentant inden for sin genre: den bløde science-fiction fantasy. Fortalt for alle aldre." – Steffen Larsen, Det Fri Aktuelt

Collected here in one volume, the first two books in the Alvin Maker series, Seventh Son and Red Prophet. From Orson Scott Card, the New York Times bestselling author of Ender's Game, comes an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him. "This beguiling book recalls Robert Penn Warren in its robust blend of folktale, history, parable, personal testimony, and pioneer narrative." --Publishers Weekly on Seventh Son "An American fantasy in the tradition of T. H. White's Sword in the Stone." --School Library Journal

From the internationally bestselling author of Ender's Game comes a boxed collection of all three riveting books in the Pathfinder Trilogy A powerful secret. A deadly path. In Pathfinder, Rigg--a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts--joins forces with another teen with special talents on a quest to find Rigg's sister and discover the true significance of their powers. Then Rigg's story continues in Ruins, when he must decipher the paths of the past before the arrival of a destructive force that threatens the future of his entire world. And the series comes to an epic and explosive ending in Visitors, as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.

From Orson Scott Card, the internationally bestselling author of Ender's Game, comes the riveting finale to the story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a special power that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts. In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces with another teen with special talents on a quest to find Rigg's sister and discover the true significance of their powers. Then Rigg's story continued in Ruins as he was tasked to decipher the paths of the past before the arrival of a destructive force with deadly intentions. Now, in Visitors, Rigg's journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the ultimate test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all.

The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens. Nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game, humans were just beginning to step off Earth and out into the Solar System. A thin web of ships in both asteroid belts; a few stations; a corporate settlement on Luna. No one had seen any sign of other space-faring races; everyone expected that First Contact, if it came, would happen in the future, in the empty reaches between the stars. Then a young navigator on a distant mining ship saw something moving too fast, heading directly for our sun. When the alien ship screamed through the solar system, it disrupted communications between the far-flung human mining ships and supply stations, and between them and Earth. So Earth and Luna were unaware that they had been invaded until the ship pulled into Earth orbit, and began landing terra-forming crews in China. Politics and pride slowed the response on Earth, and on Luna, corporate power struggles seemed more urgent than distant deaths. But there are a few men and women who see that if Earth doesn't wake up and pull together, the planet could be lost. 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