From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, the Mistborn trilogy, and The Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity´s future. All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she´s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumours of his cowardice are true - he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there´s more to the story. And she´s sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars - and it was terrifying. What she learned turned her world upside down. Everything Spensa´s been taught is a lie. But Spensa also learned a few things about herself - and she´ll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to.