Skyward [Hardcover]

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

From Brandon Sanderson, the #1New York Timesbestselling 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 humanity's future.

Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none.

No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, yet fate works in mysterious ways. Flight school might be a long shot, but she is determined to fly. And an accidental discovery in a long-forgotten cavern might just provide her with a way to claim the stars.

Praise forSkyward:
AKirkus ReviewsBest Book of the Year

Startling revelations and stakes-raising implications...Sanderson plainly had a ball with thisnonstop, highflying opener,and readers will too. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

With thisaction-packed trilogy opener, Sanderson offers upa resourceful, fearless heroine and a memorable cast...[and] as the pulse-pounding story intensifies and reveals its secrets, a cliffhanger ending sets things up for the next installment. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

It isimpossible to turn the pages fast enough. --Booklist

Sanderson delivers a cinematic adventurethat explores the defining aspects of the individual versus the society...[and]fans of l32