Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Earthborn

      by Orson Scott Card
      Published
      May 1995
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
      Rating
      Pages
      448
      Buy on Amazon Book
      Series
      Homecoming Book 5

      About This Book

      High above the Earth orbits the starship Basilica. On board the huge vessel is a sleeping woman. Of those who made the journey, Shedemai alone has survived the hundreds of years since the Children of Wetchik returned to Earth.

      She now wears the Cloak of the Starmaster, and the Oversoul wakes her sometimes to watch over her descendants on the planet below. The population has grown rapidly-there are cities and nations now, whole peoples descended from those who followed Nafai or Elemak.

      But in all the long years of watching and searching, the Oversoul has not found the thing it sought. It has not found the Keeper of Earth, the central intelligence that alone can repair the Oversoul's damaged programming.

      Series Placement

      Book 5
      View full series order

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Science Fiction Space Opera

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Physical Book | Kindle
      Barnes & Noble Physical Book | Nook
      Bookshop.org Physical Book Apple Books eBook Google Play eBook Kobo eBook eBooks.com eBook Audible Audiobook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Mass Market Paperback
      May 1996 Tor ISBN13 9780812532982 ISBN10 0812532988
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition May 1995 Tor ISBN13 9780312930400 ISBN10 0312930402
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Apr 1995 Tor ISBN13 9780312859282 ISBN10 0312859287
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      May 1996 Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval ISBN13 9780613176323 ISBN10 0613176324
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      May 1996 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606114752 ISBN10 0606114750
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      May 1996 Tor ISBN13 9781429965460 ISBN10 1429965460
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      May 1996 Tor ISBN10 B003GWX8NU
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Dec 2012 Orbit ISBN13 9781405524018 ISBN10 1405524014
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Mar 2009 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9781433219023 ISBN10 1433219026
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      MP3 CD
      Mar 2009 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9781433219054 ISBN10 1433219050
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Mar 2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. ISBN10 B001VIJEL6
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Mar 2009 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9781433219016 ISBN10 1433219018
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Playaway
      Apr 2009 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9781433262272 ISBN10 1433262274
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Mar 2012 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9781433219047 ISBN10 1433219042
      Buy