Skyward: The First Skyward Novel
Nov 2018 · Hachette UK
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THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE
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'We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it'
Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of what's left of the human race.
Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them; of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensa's chances of attending flight school somewhere between slim and none.
No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous . . . but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward . . .
****
SANDERSON IS AN EXCELLENT STORYTELLER:
'Thrills and snappy dialouge'
DAILY MAIL
'Episodic and fast-paced with surprises around every turn'
SCI FI NOW
'I loved this book. What else is there to say?'
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
'Epic in every sense'
GUARDIAN
****
'We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it'
Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of what's left of the human race.
Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them; of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensa's chances of attending flight school somewhere between slim and none.
No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous . . . but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward . . .
****
SANDERSON IS AN EXCELLENT STORYTELLER:
'Thrills and snappy dialouge'
DAILY MAIL
'Episodic and fast-paced with surprises around every turn'
SCI FI NOW
'I loved this book. What else is there to say?'
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
'Epic in every sense'
GUARDIAN
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07 November 2021
A dangerous read as it made me want to drive fast in my car pretending I was in a starfighter. My first Brandon Sanderson book and it won't be my last. I have to say i got completely hooked. My only complaint is a happy coincidence in the story which moves the story along a great deal. Without giving it away, it's something being found by the right person at exactly the right time. I don't usually put up with that kind of thing. I would have preferred there to be a reason why said thing was found at just at the right time instead of it being such a convenient coincidence, but the writing is go good that i could look past it... something i never usually do.
Tom Frontdon
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20 January 2023
A good story which develops a heroine in a way that doesn't make her a "Mary Sue". There are some moments that make me wince, however, that is in the nature of the character. Overall, kept me captivated throughout
Dan Burdett
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14 April 2019
Another one! Really Sanderson? I mean suuuuure we'll keep waiting for storm light but in the meantime, this is an excellent short read. Easy to pick up, and tear through.
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About the author
Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time®, now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.
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