The setting and exploring being cytonic as an identity are interesting, and she encounters a whole bunch of colorful characters, including a band of pirates. I did enjoy getting to see her interact with new people and places. He was in a bit of peril at the end of the prior book, but it’s not something with major consequences this time around. M-Bot is a delight as ever, continuing to be a great companion to Spensa and fulfilling his purpose as the space-AI answer to fantasy animal companions. While I’m not a huge fan of the sentiment, I do like the way this was one of the ways that it showed her character, while also allowing for her to evolve in her opinions about something. Ultimately, she enjoys it, but does imagine some alternate possibilities for it.

There’s a bit where she finds a “trashy romance novel and I was a bit concerned, while not wanting to make a big deal about it out of context. I really like Spensa as a character, and while there wasn’t much in the way of growth, there are still some lovely moments. And this mission is terrifying.Ĭytonic is the third Skyward adventure, and while I didn’t enjoy it as much as the previous two, I still found things to enjoy. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. 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 faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.Įxcept that Spensa is Cytonic.

Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. And Spensa has seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Now, the Superiority-the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life-has started a galaxy-wide war. What’s more, she traveled light-years away from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. She proved herself one of the bear star fighters 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.

Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary.

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