Blightfall Release Date + Covers!
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Blightfall, the first book in the new Riftwake trilogy by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, will release on September 1st! Also: US and UK cover reveals, blurb, and a sample chapter.
First off, what's happening? For those who may have missed this until now, Riftwake is a follow-up to the Skyward series, formerly known by the placeholder name Skyward Legacy. It's being co-written by Janci Patterson, co-author of the Skyward Flight novellas. However, Brandon and Janci have clarified that Blightfall is meant to serve as a new entry point, so you don't need to read all those other books first if you don't want to. (I think they're good though!)
Context over, time for pretty pictures! Here's the Gollancz cover (UK):
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And the Delacorte cover (US):
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Also, Delacorte's first edition will have sprayed edges (shown below) and patterned endpapers (no picture provided):
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Next up, the description:
After decades of war against alien oppressors, the humans of the Defiant Defense Force are finally free. Yet for Arturo Mendez, leader of Skyward Flight, freedom isn’t what he thought it would be.
His first postwar assignment seems simple: The DDF has found evidence of other settlements of humans who were isolated during their long war against the aliens, and Arturo and his flight of pilots are to escort a team of diplomats as they attempt to make contact. It’s an easy mission—get in, guard the diplomats, and get out.
But no element of this mission turns out to be simple. Blightfall is inhospitable, surrounded by mysterious debris and covered in giant, invasive forests that have swallowed most of the planet. Upon arrival, Arturo’s team is attacked, and it quickly becomes clear that this human settlement isn’t what it appears to be.
Now trapped in an unfamiliar world and unsure who to trust, Arturo and his team must find allies and uncover long-buried secrets if they hope to escape and return home.
Random House has also got an excerpt from the first chapter available, which you can read on their website.
So yeah, book! (Outros are hard, don't @ me.)
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