The pilot who fell upward

Author : JESSAMYN ROOK

A FARM GIRL. A STARSHIP ACADEMY. A SECRET THAT COULD DESTROY THEM ALL.

Wren Halloran has spent her whole life reading the wind from the cockpit of her late mother’s battered crop-duster. When the harvest is failing and the farm is one missed payment from being lost, she takes a long-shot chance and flies in the trials for Meridian Ring, the elite starship pilot academy.

She wins a place. Then she meets the people who have always belonged there.

Rich cadets, senators’ sons and a brutal leaderboard called the Ladder put Wren at the very bottom of her class. One boy has the best name and the best record. Her only allies are a gentle giant, a fierce little engineer and a shy genius with a mended watch.

But the Academy is hiding something. Behind a sealed door, a secret military programme is wiring the best young pilots into a machine that sings. Every cadet who goes in comes out a little more perfect, and a little less themselves.

Wren has a gift they want, and a stubborn farm-girl’s refusal to be used. She will need courage, loyal friends and the nerve to fall further than anyone thinks is possible, because in the dark, falling is the only way up.

If you love fast, heart-pounding flight sequences, found-family friendships, rivals who become something more, and an underdog who refuses to quit, this is your next obsession.

THE PILOT WHO FELL UPWARD is a complete standalone story of roughly 95,000 words. It has an emotional, satisfying ending and no cliffhanger.

Perfect for fans of Ender’s Game, Red Rising, Top Gun and Ready Player One. Scroll up and click Buy Now to launch into the story today.

📖 340 pages