![]() The pilot is injured in the crash landing, but gives Spensa coordinates for Skysight, the center of alien government. Hoping to capture its hyperdrive, Spensa and her Skyward flight try to rescue the ship, but find there’s no hyperdrive aboard. ![]() The ship is damaged by the automated guns on the platforms. She screams cytonically and accidentally contacts an alien pilot, who hyperjumps into Detritus space. Human techs locate a video on one of the orbiting space platforms and, watching it, Spensa has a terrifying vision of delvers (inhabitants of the Nowhere). Humans have been imprisoned on Detritus, guarded by the Krell, and Spensa has found she has cytonic abilities to hear and teleport ships through the Nowhere-the method her ancestors used to get around in space, which can be amplified by an unknown “cytonic hyperdrive.” As the humans have made advances into space, conflict with the Krell has increased. This review contains spoilers.Īt the end of Skyward, Spensa Nightshade has found that reality is a long way from what she’s always believed. ![]() It was released by Tor in November of 2019 and runs 461 pages. This novel is science fiction and #2 in the Skyward series, following the novel Skyward. ![]()
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