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Orson Scott Card is the author of numerous bestselling novels and the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards two years in a row; first for Ender’s Game and then for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife in North Carolina.

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Ender Saga


A Science Fiction series (1985 - 2021)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Zero-gravity battle school with brilliant kids under crushing pressure
  • Sibling mind games and psychological warfare shaping every choice
  • Postwar exile and redemption arcs in a fractured interstellar family

Tales of Alvin Maker


A Fantasy series (1987 - 2026)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Alternate American history steeped in folk magic
  • Frontier fantasy wrestling with slavery and freedom
  • Gifted heroes facing fate-shaping battles

Future on Fire


A Science Fiction series (1991 - 1998)

Homecoming


A Science Fiction series (1992 - 1995)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Secret AI rule shaping whole civilizations
  • Failing safeguards pushing fragile societies toward collapse
  • Spacefaring family dynasties haunted by lost missions

Maps in a Mirror


A Science Fiction series (1992 - 1993)

Shadow Saga


A Science Fiction series (1999 - 2012)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Child prodigies forged by brutal military training
  • Cutthroat political games with personal stakes
  • Deep-space survival shaped by alien war fallout

Women of Genesis


A Historical Fiction series (2000 - 2004)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Biblical retellings through overlooked women's eyes
  • Ancient faith tested by fate and desire
  • Family rivalries fueled by jealousy and power

Empire


A Science Fiction series (2006 - 2009)

Pathfinder


A Young Adult Science Fiction series (2010 - 2014)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Mind-bending past-sight powers with timeline-changing consequences
  • Teen factions, betrayals, impossible loyalty tests
  • High-stakes time travel puzzles with future-shaping choices

Mither Mages


A Young Adult Fantasy series (2011 - 2015)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Secret magical dynasties in rural America
  • Teen mages burdened by inherited family secrets
  • Ancient treaties fueling brutal mage rivalries

The First Formic War


A Science Fiction series (2012 - 2014) co-authored by Aaron Johnston

This series is for you if you're into...

  • First contact disasters nobody sees coming
  • Corporate spacefrontier power struggles beyond Pluto
  • Isolated mining families under survival pressure

The Second Formic War


A Science Fiction series (2016 - 2019) co-authored by Aaron Johnston

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Alien war forcing fragile global alliances
  • Political scheming under planetary siege
  • Hard sci-fi combat across Earth and space

Micropowers


A Young Adult Fantasy series (2019 - 2021)

The Side Step Trilogy


A Young Adult Science Fiction series (2022 - 2025)

Standalone Fiction

Standalone Non-fiction

Works of Poetry

Little Stacks of Science Fiction

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