Conor Broekhart was born to fly.?á ?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á It is?áthe 1890s, and?áConor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella.?á?áBut the boy's idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor?áintervenes, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. There, he has to fight for his life, as he and the other prisoners are forced to mine for diamonds in inhumane conditions.?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á There is only one way to escape Little Saltee, and that is to fly. So?áConor passes the solitary months by scratching drawings of flying machines into the prison walls. The months turn into years, but eventually the day comes when Conor must find the courage to trust his revolutionary designs and take to the skies.
