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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.''
'''Epilogue'''<br>
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== Main Characters ==▼
▲== Characters ==
;[[Spensa Nightshade]]: Spensa, callsign "Spin", is the daughter of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign Chaser), supposedly a cowardly DDF pilot who abandoned a battle. He always told Spensa: "set your sights on something higher. Something more grand". Spensa fights to be accepted into [[Flight School]], but refuses to give up even in the face of certain failure. She finds an ancient ship, and, with the help and guidance from her friend [[Rodge McCaffery|Rodge]], attempts to rebuild it.
;Captain [[Cobb]]: Cobb, callsign "Mongrel", is Spensa's flight instructor and was her father's wingmate. He stands up to the [[Judy Ivans|Admiral]] on Spensa's behalf and accepts her into his training group.
Intelligent species in the Cytoverse have certain members called [[cytonics]] who can do things such as teleport
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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==
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