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001			ocn953833134
003			OCoLC
005			20190609233544.0
008			160721s2016 nyu 000 f eng c
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019			_a918994513 _a945793128
020			_a9780765375629 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0765375621 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)953833134 _z(OCoLC)918994513 _z(OCoLC)945793128
042			_apcc
092			_aCard, _bOrson
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCard, Orson Scott, _eauthor. _914945
245	1	4	_aThe swarm / _cOrson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston ; jacket art by John Harris.
264		1	_aNew York : _bTor, _c2016.
300			_a462 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aVolume one of the Second Formic War
500			_a"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
500			_aFirst volume in a trilogy by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston.
520			_aThe first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army, but China has been devastated by the Formics' 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. Earth's government has been reorganized for defense; it now comprises a Hegemon, a planetary official responsible for keeping all the formerly warring nations in line, and a Polemarch, responsible for organizing all the military forces of the planet into the new International Fleet. But ambition and politics, greed and self-interest remain. It is up to Will Bingwen, Mazer Rackam, Victor Delgado and Lem Juke be able to create a weapon that can effectively defend humanity,
650		0	_aSpace warfare _vFiction. _956565
650		0	_aSpace flight _vFiction. _955489
650		0	_aHuman-alien encounters _vFiction. _970339
655		7	_aScience fiction. _2lcgft _9853
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
700	1		_aJohnston, Aaron, _eauthor. _9212399
700	1		_aHarris, John, _d1948 July 29- _eillustrator. _9301160
800	1		_aCard, Orson Scott. _tSecond Formic War ; _vv. 1. _9301161
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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