THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE **** 'We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it' Spensa's 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. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of what's 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 father's - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensa's 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. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous . . . but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward . . . **** 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
Up to the Sky Series
This epic fantasy series plunges readers into a world brimming with captivating magic, intricate political maneuvering, and surprising plot twists. Its richly developed characters, whom readers can easily connect with, undergo significant personal growth throughout the saga. The author meticulously crafts a vast and imaginative world that expands and deepens with each installment. Prepare for an unforgettable adventure that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.
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Starsight (The Skyward Series, Band 2)
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the sequel to Skyward. The epic adventure continues in this story of a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future. All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars--and it was terrifying. Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie. But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.
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. 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. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator. Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she’s able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return. To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.
Nebeská letka
- 560 pages
- 20 hours of reading
SLUNEČNÍ VÝSPA Zatímco se Spensa přesunula na svou výpravu do území nikoho, její přátelé z Nebeské letky brání Detritus z plošiny Rozkvět proti přesile útočníků, kterou vyslala Nejvyšší instance. Jejich jediná šance na záchranu je získat hyperpohon, a aby uspěli, musí využít jediného cytonika, který zde zůstal, Jorgena. A získat si důvěru slimáků, což je úkol pro empatickou FM. NOVÝ ÚSVIT Nebeská letka se vydává na pomoc Alanik na Nový úsvit, kterým zmítá spor mezi dvěma politickými frakcemi. Nejvyšší instance chce vytvořit z planety UrDailů závislou kolonii, ale díky nově objeveným schopnostem taynixů, Jorgenovým cytonickým dovednostem i Šmodrchově důmyslu se však lidé v čele s Alanik Stanou pro Nejvyšší instanci rovnocenným soupeřem. NEKONEČNÝ BŘEH Obranné síly Vzdorovitých zachytí signál z planety kitsenů. Výprava přivádí Nebeskou letku nejen na stopu zmizelého Cobba, ale i k záhadnému portálu do území nikoho. Vyslanci Detritu mají šanci na uzavření další galaktické aliance pro boj s Nejvyšší instancí. Proti technicky zdatnému nepříteli je však možné uspět jen se špičkovými cytonickými schopnostmi.