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{{image|Skyward UK Hardcover.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Cover of the British edition of ''[[Skyward]]''}}
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The '''Cytoverse'''{{wob ref|13771}} is the setting of ''[[Defending Elysium]]'' and the [[Skyward (series)|Skyward series]].{{wob ref|11965}} It is our own world, albeit in the far future; as such, it is not part of the [[cosmere]]. Alongside [[Earth (Skyward)|Earth]] and humanity, it contains numerous spacefaring species, all of which share a magic system known as [[cytonics]], which is what the universe is named after.
At some point, possibly decades or centuries afterwards, humanity, now an interstellar power, attacked other sapient races, seemingly aiming to conquer them. This was the start of a series of three conflicts known as the [[Human Wars]].{{book ref|sky2|10}} In the first war, humanity conquered several species, including the [[kitsen]], while being allied with other aliens, [[figment]]s.{{book ref|sky2|26}}{{book ref|sky2|35}}
The war ended in humanity's failure, but soon after, the second conflict began. This time, humanity sought to weaponize [[delver]]s, the dwellers of the [[nowhere]],
Despite this, at some point afterwards, humanity attacked again, though not all of them were involved in the conflict this time.{{book ref|sky2|23}} Nonetheless, all humans became targets for the newly-formed alien alliance, the [[Superiority]], and were consequently defeated.{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}
=== ''Defending Elysium'' ===
Brandon created ''[[Defending Elysium]]'' in 2003; it was the last story he'd written prior to selling ''[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]]'' and thus kickstarting the [[cosmere]]. Though ''Defending Elysium'' won a honorable mention at the Writers of the Future contest in 2003, it wouldn't see the light of day until 2008, when, after substantial re-editing, it won the first prize at [https://renoir.upc.edu/brgf/cficcio//premi_upc/angles/2007/dades_edicio.php UPC Science Fiction Award] in Spain. It was subsequently published in [https://www.asimovs.com Asimov's Science Fiction]'s October/November 2008 issue, and then released publicly on Brandon's website in 2009.{{bws ref|/short-fiction-non-cosmere/#DEFENDINGELYSIUM|About Defending Elysium|date=01-01-2020}}
=== The travels of Spensa, space pilot ===
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