Cytonic: The Third Skyward Novel

Spensa is a Defiant Defense Force pilot who has saved her people from the Krell and infiltrated the Superiority. She is Cytonic and may be able to save the galaxy by entering the Nowhere, where few ever return. To have courage means facing fear, and this mission is terrifying.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Spensa's life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been anything but ordinary. She has proven herself to be one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus, saving her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell, the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. Furthermore, she has traveled light-years from home as a spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. Now, the Superiority, the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life, has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa has seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator. Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she is able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return. To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.

Praise for Skyward:

"A nonstop, high-flying opener." - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"With this action-packed trilogy opener, Sanderson offers up a resourceful, fearless heroine and a memorable cast." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Weight: 300g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781473217959