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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... line that clipped on to a mooring ring on the wall . At a nod from Mr. Rideau , two crewmen manned the bay doors . Instinctively I spread my legs apart for balance . Once those doors were opened , the wind - even though it was a gentle ...
... lines , each tipped with a four - pronged grapple . The engines had all but stopped , and the Aurora slid slowly alongside the balloon . The gondola was directly opposite us , a good fifty feet distant , I'd say . " Heave ! " Mr. Rideau ...
... lines and wheeling out the davit's arm to its full length . " Let's see if she'll reach , " the captain said . " Swing her out , please . " Breathless , I watched , wondering if it would be long enough . I knew what the captain had in ...
... lines . They winched me up a little so it was like sitting on a swing . Up close , the davit's arm seemed a frail enough bit of metal to hang your life upon , but I knew she could carry fifty of me . " I know you'll not falter , " the ...
... lines and started pumping my legs , a youngster on a playground swing . Back and forth , back and forth . At the forward end of my arc , when I looked down , I figured I was almost over the rim of the gondola . Just a little more . Back ...