Description
Airman by Eoin Colfer is a thrilling historical adventure novel that combines invention, survival and courage in an unforgettable coming-of-age story.
Set in the late nineteenth century on the fictional Saltee Islands off the Irish coast, the novel follows young Conor Broekhart, whose promising future is shattered when he uncovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. Wrongly accused of treason, Conor is imprisoned on a brutal island prison where inmates are forced to mine diamonds under inhumane conditions. Refusing to surrender to despair, he devotes himself to the dream of flight, designing extraordinary flying machines that may offer his only chance of freedom.
Filled with action, intrigue and ingenious inventions, Airman is a captivating novel about resilience, friendship and the determination to rise above impossible odds.
