The story takes place in the 1890’s on the Saltee Islands, which are about three miles off the Irish coast. Conor Broekhart is a character in the story who discovers a fatal plot against King Nicholas of the Saltees. Bonvilain is another character in the story who is an evil adviser to King Nicholas and who makes a plan to assassinate the king.
A problem occurs when Conor tries to stop the plot to kill King Nicholas, but Bonvilain calls Conor a traitor and demands him to go to Little Saltee. Little Saltee is a prison island where convicts mine diamonds. After that, Conor finds a secret room in the back of his cell and draws diagrams of flying machines on the ceiling. He trades the idea of a 12-round revolver with Arthur Billtoe, the prison
A problem occurs when Conor tries to stop the plot to kill King Nicholas, but Bonvilain calls Conor a traitor and demands him to go to Little Saltee. Little Saltee is a prison island where convicts mine diamonds. After that, Conor finds a secret room in the back of his cell and draws diagrams of flying machines on the ceiling. He trades the idea of a 12-round revolver with Arthur Billtoe, the prison