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The government of Detritus is in disarray after the Superiority’s treachery. With Spensa still away on her mission to Nowhere, it’s up to Jorgen to work together with the alien Alanik to pick up the pieces.
Together they’ve intercepted a strange transmission from the Kitsen planet, Evershore, whose inhabitants claim to have some of Jorgen’s people and wish to return them. Jorgen wonders if this is yet another trap laid by the Superiority. If it’s not, it’d be the perfect opportunity to form another much needed alliance — so long as he can master his own erratic cytonic powers before they spiral out of control.
Evershore, the final Skyward novella, picks up shortly after the cliffhanger ending of ReDawn, but this time from the viewpoint of Jorgen. (Any readers who have not finished reading the third book in the Skyward series may want to come back to this novella after reading Cytonic, as there are a lot of tie-in scenes that may be otherwise confusing.)
Jorgen has faced a devastating loss, but he has no time to mourn or process his grief. Despite his insecurities, he faces hard decisions nobody else in power will make. It’s very easy to feel empathetic and invested in his story, and this installment did a great job at handling Jorgen’s pent-up thoughts and emotions.
Overall, I’m incredibly happy these novellas were printed alongside the original series. One of my main issues with Starsight and Cytonic was how they completely sidelined the supporting cast from Skyward. I missed the found-family aspects and the characters I’d already gotten to know and love from Skyward, and these novellas really allowed me to reconnect and catch up with them while waiting for the fourth book in the Skyward series, Defiant, to release later this year.
Rated: Mild, for topics of grief and loss. There are 6 uses of mild language. Violence includes enemy fire on a civilian city.
