#74 in Adventure
Cytonic
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Cytonic” takes the Skyward series somewhere unexpected. Spensa leaves starfighter combat largely behind for a quest through a strange realm that works by its own rules. The shift brings humour and a good deal of lore about the deeper mysteries of the series; some readers find the progress episodic and feel the main story barely advances until the closing chapters, and some find the ending unsatisfying. For committed readers of the first two books.
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About the book
Cytonic is a 2021 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It is the third book in the Skyward series after Skyward and Starsight. The penultimate novel of the four-book series, it was published by Delacorte Press on November 23, 2021. A sequel was released in 2023 entitled Defiant.
Reading order · Skyward series
Full order & progress →- SkywardStart here
8.78.7 / 10 - Starsight
8.48.4 / 10 - CytonicThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Defiant
8.38.3 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 652 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 82% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 17 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 635 | 97% |
Frequently asked
What age is Cytonic for?
Cytonic sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 432 pages — shorter than 54% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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