AirbornHarper Collins, 2004年5月11日 - 368 頁 Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . . Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies. |
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... Moon . I know every crease and pockmark on that face of his . My watch was almost at an end , and I was looking for- ward to climbing into my bunk , sliding under warm blankets and into a deep sleep . Even though it was 1 1.
... climbing the ladder to take the watch , and I could swing past the kitchen and see if the ship's baker was willing to part with a bun or two . He almost always was . A shooting star slit the sky . That made one hundred and six I'd seen ...
... climbing , the Aurora angling gently heavenward to meet the Endurance . I lost sight of the gondola and after a moment could only see the balloon's very top as the captain took us closer . Through the crow's nest platform I felt the ...
... climbing ; it was the balloon falling . Despite the occasional flare of its automated burner , it was sinking slowly but surely , and the sea would have her if we didn't do anything . " Keep her snug ! " Mr. Rideau barked at the men ...
... climbing in beside me , and I stepped back to make room for him . A hand clapped me on the shoul- der , and I turned ... climb out , but my knees went wobbly , and Captain Walken and Mr. Chen grabbed me under the arms and swung me to the ...