And politically there's a bid to oust the relentless and capable Ukko Jukes as Hegemon. Terrorist pirates operate freely in the solar system's outer reaches. It fails to grasp the Formics' Hive Queen's vast intelligence and tactical brilliance, instead sending an official denial that she even exists. The IF high command refuses to share vital intelligence and grows ever more paranoid and ineffectual. The International Fleet's officer corps is riddled with useless careerists, lackeys, cronies, and favored offspring. There's a self-inflicted element, however, in the damage caused by the Formic invaders. Earth is getting clobbered by giant ants from space in this second part of the second prequel trilogy to the child-warrior Ender's Game series ( The Swarm, 2016, etc.).
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