Aaron Johnston has announced via Twitter that he and Orson Scott Card have finished co-writing ‘The Swarm’.
On March 3, Johnston states that he turned in the manuscript to Tor Books.
“Turned in the manuscript for THE SWARM, book 1 of The Second Formic War.#EndersGame #FormicWars @orsonscottcard”
— Aaron Johnston (@AaronWJohnston)
‘The Swarm’ will be the first book in the Second Formic War, a prequel trilogy to ‘Ender’s Game’. No release date has been announced, but Johnston speculates on Twitter that this novel may be published at the end of 2015 or the start of 2016.