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|released=November 6, 2018
|publisher=Delacorte Press
|ISBN=978-0399555770
|setting=[[Cytoverse]]
|series=[[Skyward (series)]]|sequel=Starsight
|page-count=510
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{{for|Skyward (series)|the series|pre=This page is about the book|post=For the [[DDF]] flight, see [[Skyward Flight]].}}
'''''Skyward''''' is
Brandon's premise for the story was "How to Train Your Dragon but instead it's a girl who finds a spaceship and goes to Top Gun school. It's like a mashup between Top Gun and Ender's Game and How to Train Your Dragon with an old broken-down spaceship with a really weird personality."{{url ref |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zdmTXjMHk |text=Brandon Sanderson Reads From Skyward |site=17th Shard YouTube Channel |date=Nov 14, 2017}} ▼
The book was released on November 6, 2018.{{ref|name=sw-announcement}}
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''Spensa’s world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's- a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa the daughter of a coward, her chances of attending Flight School slim to none.''
{{for|Summary:Skyward|a complete chapter by chapter summary}}
[[Spensa]] has dreamed of being a pilot since she was a child. Inspired by her father, then fueled with outrage by the [[DDF]]'s accusations of cowardice following his death, Spensa spends the next decade preparing for the [[flight school]] entrance exam. Gaining entrance to the program with the help of her new instructor [[Cobb]], Spensa teams up with nine fellow trainees to form [[Skyward Flight]] and battle the [[KRELL|Krell]], an alien force trying to destroy the [[Defiant League|Defiant]] colony. Aided by the mysterious stealth fighter [[M-Bot]], whom she finds abandoned in a cave, Spensa must navigate the pitfalls of flight school, uncover the truth about her father's death, and try not to die at the hands of an enemy starfighter.
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== Main Characters ==
;[[Spensa Nightshade]]: Spensa, callsign "Spin", is the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign Chaser), supposedly a cowardly DDF pilot who abandoned a battle
;Captain [[Cobb]]: Cobb, callsign "Mongrel", is Spensa's flight instructor and was
;[[Rodge
;[[Jorgen Weight]]: Jorgen is the flightleader of
;[[Judy Ivans|Judy 'Ironsides' Ivans]]: Judy Ivans, callsign "Ironsides", is
;[[Hudiya]]:
;[[Freyja]]:
;[[Arturo Mendez]]:
;[[Nedd Strong]]: Nedd,
;[[Kimmalyn]]:
;[[M-Bot]]:
;[[Gran-Gran]]: Spensa's grandmother was aboard the ''[[Defiant (starship)|Defiant]]'' and worked with her mother in the engine room. She
==Setting==
Skyward is a non-[[cosmere]] novel set in the [[Cytoverse]] on the planet [[Detritus]].
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===Magic System===
Intelligent species in the Cytoverse have certain members called [[cytonics]] who can do things such as teleport
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== Development ==
Brandon wrote Skyward in approximately three months, most of that while he was on tour for Oathbringer or on holiday.
▲Brandon's premise for the story was "How to Train Your Dragon but instead it's a girl who finds a spaceship and goes to Top Gun school. It's like a mashup between Top Gun and Ender's Game and How to Train Your Dragon with an old broken-down spaceship with a really weird personality."{{url ref |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zdmTXjMHk |text=Brandon Sanderson Reads From Skyward |site=17th Shard YouTube Channel |date=Nov 14, 2017}}
==Cover Gallery==
{{for|/Covers|a cover gallery of ''Skyward''}}
== Interior Art ==
{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
== Notes ==
{{bws ref|officially-announcing-skyward/|Officially Announcing Skyward|date=Dec 18, 2017|name=sw-announcement}}
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