Kate tells Matt that she is Benjamin Malloy's granddaughter and shows him detailed drawings of flying panther-like creatures from Malloy's journal. One day into the voyage, an ornithopter delivers two passengers to the ship: Kate de Vries and her chaperone Marjorie Simpkins. Matt is disappointed to learn that the Junior Sailmaker position he was promised has been given to the fleet's owner's heir, Bruce Lunardi. Despite loving his mother and sisters dearly, Matt is relieved to be in the air where he feels closest to his father - a former sailmaker who died in an accident aboard the Aurora. One year later, Matt leaves his home in Lionsgate City to accompany the Aurora on its voyage to Sydney, Australia. Malloy rambles about "beautiful creatures" and dies shortly after being taken aboard. The Aurora's crew mount a rescue operation to save the man, whose name is later said to be Benjamin Malloy. While on lookout duty, he spots a damaged balloon carrying an unconscious old man. The main characters are Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries.įourteen-year-old Matt Cruse is a cabin boy for the Aurora, an airship that stays afloat using a gas called "hydrium". Airborn is the first book in the Matt Cruse series by Kenneth Oppel.
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