Read the first one for fun or enjoy the second on its own. “ No one has more fun writing or is better at describing galactic dogfights.

Praise for Starsight, the sequel to Skyward ' Sanderson delivers a cinematic adventure that explores the defining aspects of the individual versus the society. 'It is impossible to turn the pages fast enough.' - Booklist as the pulse-pounding story intensifies and reveals its secrets, a cliffhanger ending sets things up for the next installment.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'With this action-packed trilogy opener, Sanderson offers up a resourceful, fearless heroine and a memorable cast. Sanderson plainly had a ball with this nonstop, highflying opener, and readers will too. ' Startling revelations and stakes-raising implications. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. And maybe, if she’s able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.Įxcept that Spensa is Cytonic. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. And Spensa’s seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Now, the Superiority-the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life-has started a galaxy-wide war. Skyward Series by Brandon Sanderson Skyward Series 4 primary works 10 total works Book 0.5 Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson 4. What’s more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell-the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. The third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction from the author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive.

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