Book description
One dark night on the island of Great Saltee, fourteen-year-old Conor
is framed for a terrible crime he didn t commit. Thrown into prison by
the dastardly Hugo Bonvilain, Conor is trapped in a seaswept dungeon
and branded a traitor. He must escape and clear his name; he wants his
old life back his family, his friends . . . and his princess.
Conor knows there is only one way out. It s an impossible task,
which has never been done before. But Conor is determined to do it. He
ll have to fly.
Swashbuckling new fiction from the amazing Eoin Colfer, ideal for
readers aged 11+.
Praise for Airman: 'Swashbuckling high adventure . . . His strongest
work yet' - Guardian 'Better fun than this will be hard to come by' -
The Times 'A classic swashbuckling adventure' - Irish Independent Review
Praise for other books by Eoin Colfer: 'Wickedly brilliant' -
Independent (on Artemis Fowl) 'As ever, Colfer's story rattles along at
a tremendous pace with a cast of eccentric and explosive characters' -
Guardian (on The Supernaturalist) 'Unputdownable' - Irish Times (on Half
Moon Investigations) EOIN (pronounced 'Owen', by the way) COLFER was
born and raised in Wexford, Ireland. He began writing plays at an early
age, forcing his unfortunate classmates to dress up as marauding Vikings
when they would have preferred to be outdoors doing some marauding of
their own. As an adult Eoin continued to write and he is now the
international bestselling author of the incredible Artemis Fowl series.
He has also written the brilliant
Half Moon Investigations
, several
Legend Of . . .
stories
,
The Supernaturalist
and
The Wish List
.
Airman
is his first historical-fiction novel, in which his hero Conor takes to
the skies. Eoin lives in Ireland with his wife, two sons and an
overactive imagination.
