Week 44 Review: ReDawn

From Goodreads:

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the second of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read Alanik's story between Starsight and Cytonic.

"Don't trust their lies. Don't trust their false peace." That is the warning that Alanik of the planet ReDawn gave the human pilot Spensa after Alanik's ship crash-landed on Detritus. While accepting an invitation to meet with her people's enemy, the Galactic Superiority, Alanik heard Spensa's cry for help across the vastness of space, and she used her cytonic powers to hyperjump her ship to the source of that cry. What she found there was a shock—a whole planet of free humans fighting against the Superiority. Were they the allies her people desperately needed?

When she recovered from her injuries and met the friendly humans Jorgen and FM of Skyward Flight, she found that her warning to Spensa had gone unheeded by the government of Detritus, and they were considering a peace overture from the Superiority. Now having returned to ReDawn, Alanik is dismayed to learn that her own people are falling into the exact same trap.

The faction in ReDawn's government that wants to appease the Superiority has gained the upper hand. With Alanik's mentor, Renakin captured, she has no one to turn to but Jorgen, FM, and their friend Rig. An ancient technology may have the power to save both of their planets from disaster, but can they discover its secrets before it's too late?

My Review:
This was another great story! I'm so glad that we're getting these, I'm loving getting other perspectives in this world besides Spensa, and getting Alanik's perspective was extra special, because she's an alien cytonic who knows how to use her abilities, and that's just so fantastic! 

We're thrown pretty quickly into the politics of ReDawn, and that was so fascinating, because they're in a better place than humanity-but not by much. They haven't been in open warfare, but they have been pretty isolated, and part of their government wants to work with the Superiority. Which Alanik and her side vehemently disagree with. 

I loved to continue to learn about cytonics, Alanik is trained and she has her areas of strength, and that was just fantastic. And then there's the floating weapon that they get into, and what that opens up to is so excited, and I can't wait to see where things go from there! 

That ending was just incredible, and between the big fight previously, and everything that happened there, and this ending, well, I need to know what's going to happen next, because that's a pretty perilous place that they're in right now! 

This was such a great read, and I can't wait for Cytonic and Evershore! 

Authors: Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson 
Series: Skyward #2.2, Skyward Flight #2 
Read: October 31st, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why:  Love his writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: October 26th 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars