Synopses & Reviews
An exhilarating journey to the stars or a heartbreaking battle for survival?
Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and his love interest, Kate de Vries, an expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Matt secretly plans on asking Kate to marry him, but before they even set foot aboard the ship, Kate announces her engagement to someone else.
Despite this bombshell, and Matt's anguish, they embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.
Synopsis
Award-winning and bestselling author Oppel returns readers to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.
About the Author
KENNETH OPPEL is the Governor Generals Award-winning author of the Airborn series and the Silverwing Saga, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. His most recent novels are
Half Brother, winner of both the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the Young Adult Book Award;
This Dark Endeavour, finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award; and
Such Wicked Intent, finalist for the CLA Young Adult Book Award. Canadas nominated author for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award, he lives in Toronto with his wife and three children.
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