Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel

Award-winning and bestselling author Oppel returns readers to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker. \n \nAn exhilarating journey to the stars--or a heartbreaking battle for survival?\n \nPilot-in-training Matt Cruse and his love interest, Kate de Vries, an expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Matt secretly plans on asking Kate to marry him, but before they even set foot aboard the ship, Kate announces her engagement--to someone else.\n \nDespite this bombshell, and Matt's anguish, they embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.\n