Skyward Series (2008-present)

The Skyward series (also known as the Cytoverse) is a series of young adult Science Fiction novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It startedwith a short story in 2008 called Defending Elysium, and was later expanded on in 2018 with the novels Skyward and Starsight, it will soon be continued with the 3rd novel in the series Cytonic set to be released November 23, 2021.

Books

 * 1) Defending Elysium (2008)
 * 2) Skyward (2018)
 * 3) Starsight (2019)
 * 4) Cytonic (2021)
 * 5) Skyward 4 possibly to be named Defiant (~2023, unreleased)

Defending Elysium (2008)
Defending Elysium was the short story that formed the idea for the Skyward Series.

See Defending Elysium (2008) for more details

Skyward (2018)
Skyward is the first book of the series by the same name. It revolves around Spensa Nightshade (Callsign: Spin) who dreams of becoming a pilot and contributing to a war against an alien race called the Krell. One day, while exploring a cave, Spensa stumbles upon the sentient AI ship named M-Bot.

See Skyward (2018) for more details.

Starsight (2019)
Starsight is the second book of the series. Spensa is a well respected pilot, but after learning the truth about her father's downfall she goes to extreme measures to find out more about the aliens that has been terrorizing her planet for years.

See Starsight(2019) for more information

Cytonic (2021)
Spensa enters the Nowhere to find more about herself and her Cytonic abilities, leaving behind everything and everyone she ever knew.

see Cytonic (2021) for more information.

Novellas
There are planned to be 3 Novellas that will happen in the same timeframe as Cytonic being co-written with Janci Patterson. They will initially be released through ebook and audio, however in 2022 Sanderson plans on also releasing them on paperback. Each novella will be from a different character's point of view. There names are Sunreach(FM), ReDawn(Alanik), and Evershore(Jorgen).

Trivia

 * Spensa's ship (M-Bot) is obsessed with mushrooms; when Sanderson was asked if the M in M-Bot stood for Mushrooms, he replied saying "Yes. To me it does. I'm not sure how I will canonize it in the books, but that's what I intend it to be."
 * Brandon Sanders concept for the series 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."