![]() ![]() He was a hero, one of the best pilots they had. Spensa’s father was a fighter-pilot, tasked with keeping the humans on Detritus safe from the Krell. But now they have ships and they’re fighting back. Whenever they try to gather in number, they are attacked by Krell, the aliens who caused them to crash in the first place. ![]() The last of the human race are trapped on a planet called Detritus, on which they crashed a couple of generations ago. It is well paced and engaging, full of fun and adventure. Skyward is a YA space opera, so a bit outside of my usual fare. ![]() The other thing was that he read from Skyward, the book he was working on at the time. ![]() I already loved his work – now I also like and respect the man. He made her year and secured himself in my list of favourite authors. My then-11-year-old daughter was there (the only child present, even though Sanderson writes MG and YA stuff as well as his adult fiction) and he made a point of taking her question and speaking to her and encouraging her. Two important things happened that night. In December 2017, I saw Brandon Sanderson speak in Glasgow as part of his Oathbringer tour. ![]()
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