Издания и произведения

Мэтт служит юнгой на роскошном воздушном корабле "Аврора" и не представляет своей жизни без неба. Мэтт честен, отважен и мечтает стать капитаном этого великолепного дирижабля. Но его стойкость и мужество подвергаются суровому испытанию в схватке с пиратами, когда сам Мэтт и его "Аврора" оказываются в смертельной опасности. Роман "Небесный скиталец" вышел в свет в 2004 году и уже успел стать бестселлером в 12 странах, включая Великобританию, Новую Зеландию, Германию, Францию и Бразилию. Премии и награды, которые получил роман, составляют внушительный список. В 2005 году роман номинировался на престижнейшую литературную премию Carnegie…

Matt Cruse is cabin boy aboard the Aurora, an airship which truly is lighter than air. Since the discovery of hydrium, a gas that renders even the heaviest vehicle as light as a feather, airships travel all over the world in the same way as planes do today. Matt himself was born on an airship and it is there that he feels most at home. Matt has high hopes for promotion to junior sailmaker on this voyage - until Kate de Vries, one of the wealthy passengers, arrives on the scene. She's feisty and brave, and won't let social distinctions get in the way of her friendship with Matt. And all their bravery is required when one night, in the…

Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud... Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers…