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    "annotation": "<p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </p>\n<p><br /> <strong><strong>From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 </strong><strong>New York Times</strong><strong> bestselling author of the Reckoners series, </strong><strong>Words of Radiance,</strong><strong> and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.</strong></strong><br /><br />Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none.<br /><br />No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, yet fate works in mysterious ways. Flight school might be a long shot, but she is determined to fly. And an accidental discovery in a long-forgotten cavern might just provide her with a way to claim the stars.<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>#1 </strong><strong>New York Times</strong><strong> Bestselling Series</strong><br /><br />\"<strong>Another win for Sanderson</strong> . . . <strong>he's simply a brilliant writer. </strong>Period.\" --Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind<br /><br /><strong>\"Action-packed.\"</strong> --EW.com<br /><br />\"<strong>Compelling.</strong> . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store.\" --AV Club</p>",
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