Skybreaker is a wonderful book full of action, adventure, and a little bit of romance. It all starts out when Matt Cruse is on the airship Flotsam as assistant navigator for training. He was participating in said training due to his schooling at the esteemed Airship Academy. Well, they had just pulled above the Devil's Fist, an enormous hurricane of the coast of India, when the man at the crow's nest reported seeing another ship. As Matt looks through a spyglass he notices writing on the skin of the airship. Hyperion. Now, the Hyperion is a very famous ship. Thomas Grunel, a very rich inventor, was said to have piled his his life onto this ship and was soon after lost to the sky. This was the same ship Matt had seen.
This is where young Matt's adventure begins. The rest of the story tells of Matt, along with Kate de Veris, his lover, Nadria, a gypsy who holds a key said to open the booby-trapped doors of the Hyperion and Hal, the owner of the Sagarmatha which was used to take them to the treasure filled ship. Along the way they discover mysterious new creatures, new machines, are attacked by pirates, have romance troubles, and so much more. (I don't want to spoil the book for you) I would definitely suggest this book to readers of all ages BUT you must read the first of the two books, Airborne, first. Airborne is one of my all time favorite books. (Seconded only by the seventh Harry Potter book)
Signed,
The Trojan Book Master
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