The control car of the giant airship is almost entirely encased in ice, the ship’sname barely visible on her tattered skin: Hyperion. Can this really be the legendarylost craft, now a frozen mausoleum to a ghostly crew and a vast treasure? At20,000 feet, aboard a decrepit training ship, Matt Cruse is almost unconsciousfrom the altitude, but of all the oxygen-starved crew, he alone remembers theHyperion’s coordinates—and suddenly everyone is after them. Kate de Vries,Matt’s rich, young lady friend, has her reasons. But what about the strange gypsygirl and the handsome captain? In an adventure that will test his courage, skilland heart, Matt is about to take off on the ride of his life. . . .