The #1 New York Times bestseller!
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners
series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the
second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous
world at war for humanity's future.
All her life, Spensa's dreamed of becoming a pilot and proving herself a
hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned
there were crushing. The rumors of her father's cowardice are true--he
deserted his Flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he
turned against his team and attacked them.
Spensa is sure that there's more to the story. And she's sure that
whatever happened to her father that day could happen to her. When she
made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the
stars--and what they revealed to her was terrifying. Everything Spensa
has been taught about her world is a lie.
Humankind has always celebrated heros, but who defines what a hero is?
Could humanity be the evil the galaxy needs to be protected from? Spensa
is determined to find out, but each answer she discovers reveals a dozen
new questions: about the war, about her enemies, and even, perhaps,
about Spensa herself.
But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself--and she'll
travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.
"Sanderson delivers a cinematic adventure that explores the defining
aspects of the individual versus the society. . . . Fans of Sanderson
will not be disappointed." --SLJ
"It is impossible to turn the pages fast enough." --Booklist
"He's simply a brilliant writer. Period." --Patrick Rothfuss, author
of the New York Times bestseller The Name of the Wind, on Brandon
Sanderson.
