Series
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson · 8 novels · 1 short story · 2018–2026
On the ruined world of Detritus, humanity lives underground beneath near-constant aerial bombardment from an alien force called the Krell, and Spensa Nightshade wants nothing more than to fly a starfighter, despite her father's reputation as a coward who fled battle. Brandon Sanderson's Skyward follows her fight to earn her wings and clear her father's name, uncovering secrets about her own strange abilities and the planet's buried past across Starsight, Cytonic, and Defiant. Co-author Janci Patterson contributes companion novellas that widen the view to supporting characters.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
A curated way into the series.
✦ Curated by the Loreful team
Publication order of the four novels, with the three Skyward Flight novellas placed by their exact first publication dates: Sunreach (2021-09-28) and ReDawn (2021-10-26) precede Cytonic (2021-11-23) — 2.1/2.2; Evershore (2021-12-28) follows it — 3.1. The fractional numbers keep the novels' own sequence intact for readers who skip novellas.
- Skyward Flight(4 works)
- Riftwake(1 work)
- Omnibus editions(4 editions)
Map
Skyward at the centre, 2 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2020s7
Shape
8 novels · 1 short story
2 authors
reads like:science fictionaliensother star systemsfar futureadventurousyoung adult
Mood
Bright and intense: 88% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.