Skip's Reviews > Airman

Conor Broekhart and his parents live on the Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast, late in the 19th century. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and being bossed around by Princess Isabella, saving her life in a daring jump/dive. When a schemer commits regicide, Conor and his tutor are blamed, sending Conor to prison on Little Saltee Island, where he and the other inmates must mine diamonds in dangerous conditions, and avoid other deadly intent. Conor manages to ingratiate himself in a gang, while working on a plan to escape to the mainland and America with pilfered diamonds. However, his plans have to be modified when man who killed the King threatens Isabella and Conor's family. Conor's cellmate may have been the best character in the story.