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Riftwake · Book 1

Blightfall

by Brandon Sanderson

Published
1 September 2026
Pages
496
ISBN-13
9780593707050
Type
novel

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About this book

Blightfall opens the new Riftwake trilogy on 1 September 2026 from Delacorte Press, written by Brandon Sanderson with co-author Janci Patterson. Set after Sanderson's four-book Skyward saga in the same Cytoverse, it follows Defiant Defense Force flightleader Arturo Mendez as he leads Skyward Flight on a diplomatic escort mission to Blightfall, a hostile world hidden under invasive forest and mysterious debris. It runs 496 pages; the second book, working title Songrise, is expected roughly a year later.

Its place in Riftwake

Blightfall is book 1 in the Riftwake series. See the full Riftwake reading order.

Riftwake is a new young-adult science-fiction trilogy by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, set after the events of Sanderson's Skyward saga in the same Cytoverse. With the Superiority defeated, Defiant Defense Force flightleader Arturo Mendez expects peace -- instead he's sent to lead Skyward Flight on a diplomatic escort mission to Blightfall, a hostile world of mysterious debris and invasive forest that hides isolated human settlements. When the mission is attacked and the settlement proves to be hiding…

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