  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 03/01/2020 Spensa (aka “Spin”), a talented pilot in the Detritus Defense Force (DDF), assumes the holographic identity of an alien bound for a space-fleet tryout at Superiority headquarters. Her secret mission is to steal a hyperdrive, technology closely guarded by those who are oppressing humans across the galaxies. As she progresses in the trials and training, she discovers unlikely allies and a treacherous plot. Though Skyward (2018), the first book in this set, also places Spin in an uncomfortable outsider role, Sanderson successfully revamps that plot here by changing the location and details of the experience. It works, however, because no one has more fun writing or is better at describing galactic dogfights. Ironically, the most interesting character here is actually M-Bot, the artificial-intelligence unit that operates Spin’s spacecraft, and whose growth is a window into what it means to be human. Read the first one for fun or enjoy the second on its own, as Sanderson skillfully incorporates Spin's backstory early in this sequel. - Copyright 2020 Booklist. Loading...
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