Skybreaker

Matt Cruse has been accepted at the Airship Academy his days as cabin boy overfor the moment. He has difficulty settling down to life on land but is helpedby th... » 

Matt Cruse has been accepted at the Airship Academy his days as cabin boy overfor the moment. He has difficulty settling down to life on land but is helpedby the fact that Kate is in Paris too. During a training flight Matt helpssave the ship when it is caught in a deadly storm over the Indian Ocean andthrust to very high altitudes. There Matt spies a frozen airship driftingaimlessly at 20000 feet its the legendary ghost ship Hyperion. Rumoured tobe carrying great wealth the Hyperion left harbour fifty years ago but neverreached her destination. No wreckage was ever found... until now. And it is notjust gold the Hyperion is reputed to carry but a collection of strangezoological specimens. Kate is desperate to recover them and she and Mattembark on a dangerous treasure hunt. «