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{{image|Skyward UK Hardcover.jpg|side=right|width=250px|Cover of the British edition of ''[[Skyward]]''}}
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The '''Cytoverse'''{{wob ref|13771}} is the setting of ''[[Defending Elysium]]'' and the [[Skyward (series)|Skyward series]].{{wob ref|11965}} It is our own world, albeit in the far future; as such, it is not part of the [[cosmere]]. Alongside [[Earth (Skyward)|Earth]] and humanity, it contains numerous spacefaring species, all of which share a magic system known as [[cytonics]], which is what the universe is named after.
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The universe is comprised of two connected realities -- our own (sometimes referred to as "the somewhere"){{book ref|cytonic|7}} and nowhere, an interdimensional "world" with strange relation to time and space. Little is known of nowhere's appearance, though it is home to a type of beings called [[delver]]s, as well as a mineral called the [[acclivity stone]].{{book ref|sky2|25}} Regular rules of physics do not apply there completely, and everything to come from nowhere possesses extraordinary properties. The best-known among them is acclivity stone, which is used to counteract gravity and thus provide lift to all spaceships and space stations.{{book ref|sky2|7}}
The easiest way for most people to enter nowhere is through a nowhere portal, a stable wormhole leading to it and back. Such portals can be found on many worlds, and though the markings on them indicate that they were made rather than arising naturally, it's unknown who created them. The portals let both people and equipment be taken through, which allows for mining [[acclivity stone]].{{book ref|sky2|25}}
| Co-written with Janci Patterson
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! rowspan=2 | 2023
| [[Defiant (book)|Defiant]]
| [[Skyward (series)|Skyward]] #4
| Novel
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| [[Hyperthief]]
| [[Skyward (series)|Skyward]] #3.2
| Short Story
| Co-written with Janci Patterson
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