Children of the Fleet

2017 novel by Orson Scott Card

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Children of the Fleet is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. The title of the novel (and the series Fleet School) was announced by the author on 12 November 2015,[2] and it was released on October 10, 2017.[3]

Synopsis

Ender's Game series
Chronology
In chronological order
Earth Unaware
Earth Afire
Earth Awakens
The Swarm
The Hive
The Queens
"Mazer in Prison"
"The Polish Boy"
"Teacher's Pest"
"Pretty Boy"
"Cheater"
Ender's Game
'Recruiting Valentine'
A War of Gifts
Ender's Shadow
'The League War'
Children of the Fleet
Ender in Exile
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Shadows in Flight
"Investment Counselor"
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
The Last Shadow
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    Chart    
 
  Novels
 
  Comics
   
  Film
First Meetings
(in the Enderverse)

(2002 (2003))
Ender's Game
Investment Counselor
The Polish Boy
Teacher's Pest
 
 
Formic Wars:
Burning Earth
(2011)
Formic Wars:
Silent Strike
(2012)
First Formic
War Trilogy
Earth Unaware
(2012)
Earth Afire
(2013)
Earth Awakens
(2014)
War of Gifts
(2010)
Mazer in Prison
Recruiting Valentine
The League War
War of Gifts
OSCs InterGalactic
Medicine Show

(2008)
Mazer in Prison
Cheater
Pretty Boy
A Young Man with
Prospects
Second Formic
War Trilogy
The Swarm
(2016)
The Hive
(2019)
The Queens
(TBA)
Mazer in Prison
(2005)
Mazer in Prison
(2010)
The Polish Boy
(2002)
Cheater
(2006)
Pretty Boy
(2006)
Teacher's Pest
(2003)
 
 
 
Ender's Shadow
(1999)
[note 1]
Ender's Shadow:
Battle School
(2009)
Command School
(2010)
Ultimate collection
(2012)
 
 
 
Ender's Game
Alive
(2013)
 
 
 
 
 
Recruiting Valentine
(2009)
 
 
 
The League War
(2010)
 
 
Ender's Game
(1977)
 
Ender's Game
(1985)
[note 1]
Ender's Game:
Battle School
(2009)
Command School
(2010)
Ultimate collection
(2012)
 
Ender's Game
(2013)
Ender's Stocking
(2007)
 
A War of Gifts
(2007)
[note 1]
 
 
War of Gifts
(2009)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Shadow Trilogy
[note 2][note 3]
Shadow of the Hegemon
(2001)
Shadow Puppets
(2002)
Shadow of the Giant
(2005)
Ender's Homecoming
(2008)
A Young Man with
Prospects (2007)
Ender in Flight
(2008)
The Gold Bug
(2007)
Ender in Exile
(2008)
[note 2]
Ender in Exile
(2011)
 
Gold Bug
(2010)
Fleet School
[note 4]
Children of the Fleet
(2017)
...
(TBC)
 
 
Governor Wiggin
(2017)
Investment Counselor
(1999)
Renegat
(2017)
Shadows in Flight
(2012)
 
 
Speaker for the Dead
(2011)
Gloriously Bright
(1991)
 
 
The Speaker Trilogy
[note 3]
Speaker for the Dead
(1986)
Xenocide
(1991)
Children of the Mind
(1996)
Messenger
(2018)
The Last Shadow
(2021)
  1. ^ a b c The events of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow and A War of Gifts take place in roughly the same time period.
    The events of A War of Gifts only take place during the time at Battle School).
  2. ^ a b The events of Ender in Exile and the Shadow Trilogy take place in roughly the same time period.
    - First part of Ender in Exile (2/3) takes place during the Shadow Trilogy.
    - Last part of Ender in Exile (1/3) takes places after Shadow of the Giant.
  3. ^ a b Note on the following (maybe not yet so common) Trilogies:
    "Speaker Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Game, also referred to as:
    - "Ender Quartet" (Ender's Game combined with "Speaker Trilogy"), also referred to as:
    - "Ender Quintet" ("Ender Quartet" combined with Ender in Exile).
    "Shadow Trilogy": Original set of sequels to Ender's Shadow, also referred to as:
    - "Bean Quartet"/"Shadow Quartet" (Ender's Shadow combined with "Shadow Trilogy"), also referred to as:
    - "Bean Quintet"/"Shadow Quintet" ("Bean Quartet" combined with Shadows in Flight), could be referred to as:
    - "Bean Sextet"/"Shadow Sextet" ("Bean Quintet" combined with The Last Shadow)
  4. ^ Title is also mentioned in regard to a possible sequel for the film.
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The series is set after Ender's Game and is set in Battle School, which has been renamed to Fleet School, a school run by Hyrum Graff where kids learn how to become commanders of the colonies they will lead and form on other planets. The protagonist and lead character is 10-year-old Dabeet Ochoa.[4][5]

Potential film

Gavin Hood, director of the Ender's Game film, stated that if a sequel were to happen it could potentially be the first book in the Fleet School series, Children of the Fleet.[6][7] There are currently no plans for a sequel.

Reception

The book received positive reviews by Deseret News,[8] Publishers Weekly,[9] RT Book Reviews[10] and Den of Geek.[11] Forbes called it "Orson Scott Card's best since Ender's Game".[12]

See also

  • Children and Young Adult Literature portal
  • Ender's Game novel series
  • List of Ender's Game characters

References

  1. ^ "Exclusive Cover Reveal: Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card" by Joel Cunningham, Barnes & Noble blog, January 20, 2017
  2. ^ Orson Scott Card [@orsonscottcard] (12 November 2015). "Shockingly, my first Children of the Fleet novel, Fleet School, starts with a really bright kid leaving home for an elite school in space" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Card, Orson Scott (10 October 2017). Children of the Fleet (Fleet School). ISBN 978-0765377043.
  4. ^ "Upcoming Enderverse Stories". philoticweb.net.
  5. ^ Card, Orson Scott (10 October 2017). Children of the Fleet (Fleet School). ISBN 978-0765377043.
  6. ^ "'Ender's Game' Director Talks Potential Sequel Based on Upcoming 'Fleet School' Book". Screen Rant. 4 November 2013.
  7. ^ "'Ender's Game' Director Says New Orson Scott Card Novel May Power a Film Sequel". /Film. 4 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Book review: Orson Scott Card returns to the world of 'Ender's Game' in satisfying new book" by Michael Collings, Deseret News, October 10, 2017
  9. ^ "Children of the Fleet", Publishers Weekly
  10. ^ "Children of the Fleet" by Kerry Sutherland, RT Book Reviews
  11. ^ "Children of the Fleet Continues the Ender’s Game Tradition", by Michael Ahr, Den of Geek, Oct 9, 2017
  12. ^ "Children of the Fleet: Orson Scott Card's Best Since Ender's Game". Forbes.
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