Sunreach

The first of three novellas in the Skyward series, written by #1 bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, is narrated from the viewpoint of a separate team member back on Detritus. Read about FM's encounter with Cytonic and Starsight.

FM knows that the last free human society struck it lucky when a planet-destroying Delver comes in the sky of Detritus and disappears just as quickly. Although Spensa, her Skyward Flight companion, managed to draw this Delver away, it won't be as simple the next time.

It won't be long until the troops of Galactic Superiority return, and humanity will perish if the Defiant Defense Force is unable to find a passage off the planet. The Taynix, a cytonic slug species, is the key to the Superiority's hyperdrives, as revealed by Spensa's quest to infiltrate the organization. Jorgen, FM's flightleader, has now discovered a sizable troop of Taynix concealed in the caverns deep beneath Detritus's surface.

Humanity will be imprisoned unless FM, Jorgen, and the engineer Rig collaborate to awaken the enigmatic extraterrestrial Alanik and unleash the Taynix's powers. They must find a way to save Spensa's friend Minister Cuna of the Superiority, who is stuck at the outpost of Sunreach. If they don't, the government of the Superiority will fall into the hands of those who wish to completely eradicate Detritus.