Sunreach Skyward Flight Novella 1, Brandon Sanderson
Sunreach Skyward Flight Novella 1, Brandon Sanderson
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Sunreach (Skyward Flight: Novella 1)

Author: Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson

Narrator: Suzy Jackson

Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2021


Synopsis

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the first of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read FM's story between Starsight and Cytonic.

When a planet-destroying Delver suddenly appears in the sky of Detritus and vanishes just as suddenly, FM knows that the last free human society got lucky. Her Skyward Flight companion, Spensa, figured out how to draw this Delver away, but it won’t be so easy next time.
 
The forces of the Galactic Superiority will be back—and if the Defiant Defense Force can’t figure out a way to escape the planet, humanity’s destruction is only a matter of time. Spensa’s mission to infiltrate the Superiority unveiled the secret to their hyperdrives—a cytonic slug species called the Taynix. Now FM’s flightleader, Jorgen, has found a large group of Taynix hiding in the caverns far below Detritus’s surface.
 
FM and Jorgen must work together with the engineer Rig to awaken the mysterious alien Alanik and unlock the powers of the Taynix, or humanity will be trapped. With Spensa’s friend Minister Cuna of the Superiority stranded at the outpost of Sunreach, they need to figure out how to rescue them—or the Superiority government will be in the sole clutches of those who want to wipe out Detritus once and for all.
 
Praise for Skyward
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

   • "Startling revelations and stakes-raising implications . . . Sanderson plainly had a ball with this nonstop, highflying opener, and readers will too." —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
   • "It is impossible to turn the pages fast enough." —Booklist

About Brandon Sanderson

American author, Brandon Sanderson, writes of epic fantasy and science fiction. His best known works include Cosmere, a fictional universe in which most of his novels are set. They include, the Mistborn series, and the Stormlight Archive, and also finishing The Wheel of Time, that was Robert Jordan's high fantasy novel (that he began writing before his untimely death). He also made popular the terms "hard and soft magic systems" in his Sanderson's Laws of Magic. The media company, DMG Entertainment has rights to the production movie of the Cosmere universe series.

Sanderson graduated from Brigham Young University. He began studies in biochemistry, to become a doctor, but after a two year break to do mission work for his church, he decided he wanted to write, and changed majors to English Literature. He took a night job at a local hotel in Provo, Utah while at BYU, so he could write while working. His roommate during that time was Ken Jennings, who ten years later had a 74-game winning streak on Jeopardy. After graduation from BYU, Sanderson married Emily Bushman, a fellow English major who later became his business manager.

Sanderson sold his first book to Moshe Feder at Tor in 2003. He had almost given up after submitting his manuscript a year and one half earlier. That first novel was Elantris, and over the next few years, Tor also published the Mistborn Trilogy, The Alloy of Law, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings, the first in the ten-volume series, The Stormlight Archive. The second in that series was Words of Radiance. Other volumes continue in the works. Sanderson's acclaimed Infinity Blade: Awakening was an ebook best seller for Epic Games, accompanying their popular iOS video game series.

Sanderson, his wife, Emily, and their three sons live in American Fork, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily

Fun novella that gives us more info about what we learned in book 2. With that said, it definitely felt more YA than the rest of the series. Will read the second one but I don't think the content was worth 200 pages.......more

Goodreads review by Petrik

Review copy provided by the publisher—Gollancz—in exchange for an honest review. 3.5/5 stars Sunreach expanded upon the secret of the hyperdrive and the characterizations of FM and Rig. I read this title in the Skyward Flight omnibus. Sunreach is the first out of three novellas contained in Skyward Fl......more

Goodreads review by Becca

The way this was miles better than Starsight and it was just 160 pages of slugs......more

Goodreads review by Lia

THESE TAYNIX ARE SO ADORABLE I LOVE THEM SM🥺 this novella was everything omg, the things that happened!! i cant believe this is my 100th book of 2021 sdfsfgs _______ im obsessed with these covers, how are they so gorgeous??😩......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

3.5 stars First, let me start by saying I love the cover, it's gorgeous. This will be a short review since this is a short book. At 208 pages, this novella is important to the Skyward world. I believe it's necessary to read the sequel, Cytonic. It's the first of two novellas, the second to be released......more