Cytonic

Brandon Sanderson

Nov 2021 · Skyward Book 3 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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.

Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. 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. 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.
 
Now, the Superiority—the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life—has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa’s 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’s 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.

Ratings and reviews

it was good, but felt slightly less intertwined and "real" as I'm used reading Brandon's books. I guess it's up to the last one to tie the knot.

I essentially read this book nonstop since yesterday when it came out (essentially 3 sittings)! This series just may be my favorite non-Cosmere of Brandon's books! I may even like it more on its own as co pared to any of his other works besides Stormlight or Mistborn Era 2, though it is close behind! It was a little of a slow start for me, but it quickly picked up for me and I fell in love with the search for the truth of the Devers and the No-where. Also, I recommend that anyone who reads this first read Defending Elysium. It is a short story for free on Brandon's website 👍

Somebody somehow rated this 3 stars already. I'll post this to counter it and edit when I read it.

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Reckoners series: Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity, and the e-original Mitosis; the New York Times bestsellers Skyward and its sequel Starsight; the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy; and the Stormlight Archive. He was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, an adaptation of which is coming to Amazon Prime Video in November 2021. His books have been published in more than thirty-five languages and have sold 22 million copies worldwide. Brandon lives and writes in Utah. To learn more about him and his books, visit him at brandonsanderson.com or follow @BrandSanderson on Twitter and Instagram.