About the book: 2019 / The first book in the "Avioneers" series by Marina Yasinskaya, winner of the IX season of the literary competition "New Children's Book". An avioneer is a dangerous, heroic and - exclusively female. Avionists - the basis of the power and greatness of Aramantida - conquer the sky on their flying machines, avions, and the most courageous defend the borders, where military conflicts break out every now and then with the eternal enemy, the Third Continent. Many girls of the Empire dream of flights and exploits, but not everyone can wake up the aerolite - the flying stone with the help of which the avions rise into the sky. Nicole Ray Hawk succeeded, but... Now she is under special control of the Ministry of Flights. Like her new acquaintance Ancel Ray Marn, who decided to become the first male mechanic in the Empire. Meanwhile, unrest begins in the capital, and the Third Continent deals a serious blow to Aramantida…