Cytonic

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2021 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC

Interior illustrations by Ben McSweeney copyright © 2021 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC

Cover art copyright © 2021 by Charlie Bowater

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Name: Sanderson, Brandon, author.

Title: Cytonic / Brandon Sanderson.

Description: New York : Delacorte Press, [2021] | Series: Skyward ; vol. 3 | Sequel to: Starsight | Audience: Ages 12+ | Audience: Grades 7–9 | Summary: Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire’s war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021016169 (print) | LCCN 2021016170 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-399-55585-5 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-0-399-55586-2 (library binding) | ISBN 978-0-399-55587-9 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Science fiction. | Air pilots—Fiction. | Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. | Identity—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.S19797 Cy 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.S19797 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9780399555879

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