Cytonic: The Third Skyward Novel

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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 travelled light-years from home as a 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 has 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. After Hesho discovers that " Alanik" was actually the human Spensa all along, he becomes outraged and terrified and appears to be on the verge of shooting her. The members of his crew, however, talk him out of doing so -- the first seen instance of other kitsen going against his wishes in any meaningful way. Despite his kingly tendencies, he takes their desires into account and continues to work with Spensa, describing the experience of being overruled as curious. [3] See Also [ edit ] As a starfighter pilot, and as a spy, her life has been constantly at risk—but now the whole of humanity is at risk. While she sleeps, Spensa is able to commune with Jorgen and eavesdrop on Winzik and Brade, who she finds successfully making a deal with the delvers to assert the Superiority's authority in exchange for killing all the cytonics. Sometimes it’s too easy to forget the things you should remember – and far too easy to remember the things you really should forget.”

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. In true Sanderson fashion, everything blew my mind and became all that much more complicated, entangled, and fascinating. I may have had to re-read some parts a few times. The setting was definitely a plus, Brandon Sanderson's mind and imagination is just incredible! I love how he expanded the universe even more in this book. And if we're being honest, none of us are surprised because, well, we expect masterpieces and only masterpieces from him, and he has yet to let me down. In fact, my expectations were already sky-high for Cytonic, and BrandoSando managed to exceed even that. I still don't know how he does it, but I am content to accept it and be left to devour every book he has ever published. While through both of the previous books we had gotten to know a lot of the world and setting, especially in Starsight, this time around, with an already established world, we got to have more fun and play around the rules, going deeper into the moral dilemmas and the core of this conflict.Dealing with loneliness, identity, duty, potential, and what makes us who we are is not an easy fit. All of these topics are hard-hitting and personal - even if we don't experience them exactly as Spensa does - and having had the time to explore them was gratifying. I’m Brandon Sanderson, and I write stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers.

I am so excited to finally be getting to this book. I feel like I've waited ages for it. The fact that I can buddy read it with the amazing Aoife will just make the whole experiene all the better. I wish this series were less episodic. I think it would be more successful emotionally if more of the characters carried over. I’m not necessarily upset that the Skyward Flight was barely in the sequels at all. I enjoyed reading about the different universal species and side characters in Starsight, and the switch from military academy to political intrigue was pulled off really well. But now it’s getting hard to care about new characters since every book has a different and separate cast. There’s no chance to bond with side characters as they grow with the protagonist across the length of a series. I have mixed feelings about the balance here, because the creativity in coming up with new species and characters is so imaginative, if often far-fetched. Ultimately, I would still prefer a series with characters I care more about over something that’s just cool. Gran-Gran hadn’t ever told me a story about people taking a vacation. Part of me thought it was ridiculous. But another part understood. It whispered, ��this is what people can focus their attention on if they aren’t constantly at war. You learned something living among them; your life is not normal.’ […] Scud. I couldn’t understand it, but I needed to. So I read their romance novel and tried to comprehend.” FIRST OF ALL CHET OMG I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I NEVER WOULDVE IMAGINED THAT HE WAS A DELVER??? THIS WHOLE TIME I WAS SO DISTRUSTFUL OF HIM (and i was right to be at least with him hiding something) BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY GOOD??? HE WAS THE DELVER SPENSA CHANGED IN STARSIGHT AHHHH SCUD I LOVE CHET SO MUCH.

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The revelations given in this book were some of my favorite in the series so far and definitely something I'll need to revisit time and time again. Cytonic most definitely was a character driven book and I was so here for it, except that I wish that it didn't drag out so much. These characters I will always love and I genuinely enjoy reading this series. I can't wait for Defiant but also am totally terrified as this book gave off the feeling of the "calm before the storm" *fear* I'm scudding not ready, Mr. Sanderson please don't destroy me. I will need a hot second to process everything that happen, especially those info dumps we got, but I am excited to just reminisce about it. Despite the kitsen's change in government structure to a democracy, Hesho is still treated, and acts, like a king. His fellow crew members show him great deference; he has an entourage of other kitsen who feed him, [6] fan him, [8] and drive him around, [9] all of which he accepts unquestionably as his due. Although Hesho's behavior has largely reflected his prior status as a monarch, he does genuinely try to encourage his people towards democracy and making their own decisions. [2] He takes defiance against his decisions in stride and actively tries to listen to, and incorporate the desires of those around. [3] When faced with betrayal by Spensa, he drew on the opinions of the other kitsen and pushed through his hurt feelings to ultimately do the right thing and support her in battle. [3] Attributes and Abilities [ edit ] November 2022 saw the release of The Lost Metal, the seventh volume in the Mistborn saga, and the final volume of the Mistborn Era Two featuring Wax & Wayne. The third era of Mistborn is slated to be written after the first arc of the Stormlight Archive wraps up.