One is now reading Way of Kings and the other one is reading Well of Ascension. I have already managed to get a few more people hooked on Brando Sando thanks to recommending they start with Skyward. Not with Skyward! Do you know planes exist? Cool! You now know basically all you need to understand the action happening. For a first time reader, this can make the fight scenes confusing.

Furthermore, while the complicated magic systems in his Cosmere novels are cool (I love Surgebinding and Allomancy the most), learning their rules can be tough. Stepping into his other series can be difficult, because it feels like you have to commit a lot of time. Well-rounded characters that are not only believable but sympathetic (seriously, there is only 1 person I didn’t like in the whole book)Ī cool plot that fulfills all the promises it sets up and moreĪ main character that isn’t defined by their genderĪnd most of all it is really tightly written and relatively short. It has everything that makes his books so awesome: Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store' AV Club he's simply a brilliant writer' Patrick Rothfuss Praise for Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times Bestselling RECKONERS series: From Brandon Sanderson, the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanitys future. but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward. Skyward Series by Brandon Sanderson Skyward Series 4 primary works 10 total works Book 0.5 Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson 4. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous. And the Krell just made that a possibility. No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. 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. Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. Pilots have become the heroes of what's left of the human race. by Brandon Sanderson (Author) (8,371) 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.

Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Skyward Contributor(s): Sanderson, Brandon (Author) View larger image. Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years.

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