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Flight & Glory

by Rebecca Yarros

The Flight & Glory series by Rebecca Yarros has 5 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Eyes Turned Skyward (2014).

Books
5 books
First published
2014
Status
completed
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Start here: Eyes Turned Skyward (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Eyes Turned Skyward, the first book in Flight & Glory

Eyes Turned Skyward (2014)

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About the Flight & Glory series

Flight & Glory is Rebecca Yarros's debut series and the contemporary-romance foundation her career was built on, years before Fourth Wing made her a phenomenon. Set around West Point and the military, the interconnected novels follow the Sharp/Beckett/Cole extended family and friends through love stories complicated by deployment, PTSD, family duty, and grief — pulling directly on Yarros's own life as a military wife raising a large family. Each book centers a different couple, with earlier couples recurring as the ensemble grows.

Published between 2014 and 2024, the five books established the emotionally intense, high-stakes-romance voice Yarros later carried into The Empyrean, but stayed grounded in contemporary military and family drama rather than fantasy. The Reality of Everything arrived nearly a decade after the first four, closing out the series for the family readers had followed since 2014.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in Flight & Glory?

Five: Full Measures (2014), Eyes Turned Skyward (2014), Beyond What Is Given (2015), Hallowed Ground (2015), and The Reality of Everything (2024).

What order should I read Flight & Glory in?

Publication order — Full Measures, Eyes Turned Skyward, Beyond What Is Given, Hallowed Ground, The Reality of Everything. Each book centers a new couple within the same extended family.

Is Flight & Glory connected to The Empyrean (Fourth Wing)?

No — it's a grounded contemporary military-romance series, unconnected to the fantasy world of Fourth Wing. It was Yarros's debut series, published years before The Empyrean.

Why was there such a long gap before The Reality of Everything?

The first four books came out in 2014-2015; The Reality of Everything followed in 2024, after Yarros's Fourth Wing success brought a much larger audience back to her earlier catalog.

Is Flight & Glory finished?

Yes, all five books are published and it reads as a complete family saga.

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