The control car of the giant airship is almost entirely encasedin ice, the shipâs name barely visible on her tattered skin: Hyperion.Matt Cruse canât believe his eyes. Can this really be the legendary lostcraft, now a frozen coffin to a ghostly crew and a vast treasure? At 20,000feet, aboard a decrepit training ship, Matt is almost unconscious from the highaltitude, but of all the oxygen-starved crew, he alone remembers the Hyperionâscoordinates. Suddenly it seems that everyone is after those coordinates. Kate deVries, Mattâs rich, young lady friend, has her reasons. But what about thestrange gypsy girl and the handsome captain whoâs going to pilot them back tothe Hyperion? In an adventure that will test his courage, his skill andhis heart, Matt is about to take off on the ride of his life.
Dazzling in every way, Skybreaker is as wonderful asequel to Airborn as Sunwing and Firewing were to Silverwing.From the very first page, readers are propelled back into the Edwardian fantasyworld of hydrium-powered airships and wondrous personal flying machines. Thereare air pirates and aerozoansâdeadly jellyfish-like creaturesânot to mentiondaring rooftop chases and awe-inspiring feats of flight. Buoyed by Kenneth Oppelâsstunning imagination and a high-powered marketing campaign, Skybreaker isa surefire blockbuster.
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Publisher : HarperTrophy
Author : Oppel, Kenneth
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2005-07-31
Number Of Pages : 352
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0002006995
ISBN-13 : 9780002006996
Item weight : 1.5 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 6.2 in x 9 in
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