While this fleshed some of the worldbuilding out, I didn't actually feel like I learned all that much more than I already knew from the hints of the first book. The first book introduced us to a fairly complex world, with entangled history, politics, and subgroups, plus aliens. We get to see what becomes of Penny/Silverwing/Broken, we visit a Raton world, we discover that the government has indeed learned how to turn off some extrahumans' powers (although we do not confirm that this is what had happened to Broken).īut overall, I found this a bit workmanlike. We do get to follow up on some of the things hinted at in the earlier book. Unfortunately, while competent enough, this book neither answers these questions nor really gives us a fix of the kind of character development Bigelow is capable of. “Come for the superheroes, stay for the characters and world-building.” - A Fantastical Librarianīroken left some unanswered questions and stranded some compelling characters. Sky Ranger faces a grim choice-to go his way alone, or return to face the same government that committed genocide against his people.Ī story of hope and adventure, sacrifice and freedom, Sky Ranger is the second novel in the Extrahuman Union series and the direct sequel to critically-acclaimed Broken. Together, in the middle of a scorched desert planet, Sky Ranger, Renna, and Dee form an unlikely bond.Įverything changes when Dee is abducted and whisked from alien space back into the heart of the Confederation.

Along with an orphaned teenager named Dee, Renna is one of the only people who will acknowledge Sky’s presence-even after their ship crashes. Impetuous and stubborn, Renna is one of the refugees aboard the same ship as Sky Ranger and instantly feels drawn to the former hero. Deceived by his former Confederate allies, despised and branded a traitor by the rest of the world, Sky Ranger has left Earth behind in search of atonement. Sky Ranger, leader of the recently annihilated Extrahuman Union, is on the run.

Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow