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Sky Fall
The Sky Fall series by Shannon Messenger has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Let the Sky Fall (2013). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Let the Wind Rise.
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 2013
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Fantasy
- Last checked
Start here: Let the Sky Fall (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Let the Sky Fall
Let the Sky Fall (May 2013) opens Shannon Messenger's trilogy at 304 pages, the shortest of the three, revealing Vane Weston as a Westerly windwalker whose parents' death was actually an assassination attempt.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Let the Sky Fall - Book 2:
Let the Storm Break
Let the Storm Break followed almost exactly a year later, in May 2014, at 384 pages, deepening Vane and Audra's training and their forbidden connection.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Let the Storm Break - Book 3:
Let the Wind Rise
At 448 pages, the longest of the trilogy, Let the Wind Rise (May 2016) closes out Shannon Messenger's Sky Fall trilogy two years after Let the Storm Break, resolving the windwalker clan war and Vane and Audra's slow-burn romance built on secrets and duty. Written before Keeper of the Lost Cities became Messenger's flagship series, it caps a trilogy aimed at an older YA readership with higher romantic and physical stakes.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Let the Wind Rise
About the Sky Fall series
Vane Weston has spent four years being told the tornado that killed his parents was an accident. Then Audra, a striking girl who's been secretly guarding him his whole life, reveals the truth: Vane is a Westerly, one of four elemental windwalker clans locked in a war for control over the weather itself, and the storm that orphaned him was an assassination attempt that's about to try again. As Audra trains Vane to control powers he never knew he had, the two are drawn together despite Audra's oath to protect, not fall for, her charge.
Shannon Messenger wrote this trilogy before Keeper of the Lost Cities became her flagship series, and it shows some of the same instincts in miniature: a slow-burn romance built on secrets and duty, a tightly-plotted elemental magic system, and cliffhanger endings that pull readers straight into the next book. It's aimed at a slightly older YA readership than Keeper, with higher romantic and physical stakes.
The trilogy tells one complete, continuous story of the windwalker clan war and Vane and Audra's relationship, closing out fully with the third book.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Sky Fall trilogy?
Three: Let the Sky Fall (2013), Let the Storm Break (2014) and Let the Wind Rise (2016).
Is Sky Fall connected to Keeper of the Lost Cities?
No. It's an earlier, unrelated trilogy by the same author, with its own cast, world, and elemental-windwalker magic system.
Is the Sky Fall trilogy finished?
Yes, it concludes with Let the Wind Rise (2016) and no further volumes have been announced.
Is Sky Fall aimed at the same age group as Keeper of the Lost Cities?
It's pitched slightly older -- upper-YA rather than middle-grade -- with more mature romantic content than the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
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