Editing Skyward (series)

'''''Skyward''''' is a series of novels written by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It's set in the [[Cytoverse]], taking place centuries after ''[[Defending Elysium]]''.{{wob ref|11990}} The first book, ''[[Skyward]]'', was released on November 6, 2018 and the second book, ''[[Starsight]]'', was released on November 26, 2019.

== Books ==
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|- class=title
! width=5% | Year
! width=20% | Book
! width=20% | Order
! width=7.5% | Length
! width=40% | Notes
! width=7.5 | Refs

|- class='skyward other'
! 2018
| ''[[Skyward]]''
| #1
| Novel
| 
|

|- class='skyward other'
! 2019
| ''[[Starsight]]''
| #2
| Novel
| 
| {{wob ref|12479}}

|- class='skyward other'
! 2021
| ''[[Cytonic (book)|Cytonic]]''
| #3
| Novel
| 
| {{wob ref|12479}}

|- class='skyward other unreleased'
! ~2023
| ''Skyward 4'' (tentative title: ''Defiant''){{wob ref|14675}}
| #4
| Novel
| 
| {{wob ref|14683}}

|}

=== Skyward Flight Novellas ===
{{image|Skyward Flight US Cover.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Cover for ''Skyward Flight'', a combined volume of three novellas}}
In addition to the main series novels, three novellas will be published, each co-written by [[Janci Patterson]] and each following a different point-of-view character.{{wob ref|14610}} They are set between ''[[Starsight]]'' and ''[[Cytonic (book)|Cytonic]]''. Their initial release will be with ebook and audiobook versions only, but a combined print volume of all three novellas, entitled ''Skyward Flight'', is likely to come in early 2022.{{wob ref|14975}}{{url ref|site=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593567854|date=21.11.2021|text=Skyward Flight on Amazon}}

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|- class=title
! width=5% | Year
! width=20% | Book
! width=20% | Order
! width=7.5% | Length
! width=40% | Point of View
! width=7.5 | Refs

|- class='skyward other'
! 2021
| ''[[Sunreach]]''
| #1
| Novella
| [[FM]]
| {{url ref|url=https://www.awfulagent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-London-catalog-Final-1.pdf#page=29|text=JABberwocky 2021 London Rights Catalog (p. 56)|site=awfulagent.com|name=RightsCatalog}}{{wob ref|14975}}

|- class='skyward other'
! 2021
| ''[[ReDawn (novella)|ReDawn]]''
| #2
| Novella
| [[Alanik]]
| {{ref|name=RightsCatalog}}{{wob ref|14975}}

|- class='skyward other unreleased'
! ~2021
| ''[[Evershore]]''
| #3
| Novella
| [[Jorgen]]
| {{ref|name=RightsCatalog}}{{wob ref|14975}}
|}

== Development ==
''Skyward'' was originally planned as a YA novel set in the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|9823}} Brandon began working on it in October 2017 after some difficulty with ''[[Apocalypse Guard]]'' caused that book to be delayed, and updated his website to read "Mystery Project".{{wob ref|7575}}{{wob ref|8581}} When he revealed the title of this new project he also announced that it was no longer planned as part of the cosmere because the story needed to reference Earth to work properly.{{wob ref|8148}}{{wob ref|8767}} The trilogy was officially announced in State of the Sanderson 2017.{{wob ref|8894}} In an AMA leading up to the release of the first book, Brandon stated that the trilogy would likely become a four book series.{{wob ref|10944}}

== Cover Gallery ==
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== Notes ==
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