My letter “R” pick for the A to Z Book Challenge was REDAWN by Brandon Sanderson. This is book two of the Skyward Flight series, once more following the members of Skyward flight while its hero, Spensa Nightshade (of the original Skyward book and series) is traversing the galaxy and alternate dimensions.

In this installment, we follow Princess Alanik of the planet ReDawn, who had recently crash-landed on the planet Detritus, only to find (much to her shock) a group of humans battling The Superiority, a galactic empire bent on controlling and manipulating all its member planets, as well as eradicating the human scourge once and for all.

Alanik has been working against the manipulations of The Superiority on her own world, whose ruling council is putting pressure on Alanik and the population to join The Superiority as a member planet. Alanik reminds her people (just as she once warned Spensa), “Don’t trust their lies. Don’t trust their false peace.”

When The Superiority finally makes their move, Alanik and her new-found allies, the Skyward Flight, must find a way to repair and harness ancient weapons if Redawn is to remain free.

I have to say, I have loved every single book in this series. Brandon Sanderson’s imagination is bigger than the galaxy and just a breathtaking. This book had all the thrills, twists, and humor I’ve enjoyed in everything he’s written and I am looking forward to the next book in the series very much. I’ll give this four stars out of five mainly because Alanik just didn’t capture my heart the way Spensa Nightshade did. Maybe she’s set the bar too high.