Skyward

Spensas world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanitys only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of whats left of the human race.

Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them; of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her fathers - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensas chances of attending flight school somewhere between slim and none.

No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. Theyve doubled their fleet, making Spensas world twice as dangerous . . . but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward . . .

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SANDERSON IS AN EXCELLENT STORYTELLER:

Thrills and snappy dialouge
DAILY MAIL

Episodic and fast-paced with surprises around every turn
SCI FI NOW

I loved this book. What else is there to say?
PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Epic in every sense
GUARDIAN