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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... nodded , but didn't want to go . I watched them take the pilot away on the stretcher . I wondered who he was . I wanted to go through the gondola and find out what had gone wrong . " Sleep first , Mr. Cruse , " said the captain . " Your ...
... nodded . " He's asleep , mind . Don't wake him . ” The infirmary was off the main dispensary and examination room , just two beds divided by a curtain . The other bed was empty . I pulled up the chair and sat down beside Mr. Molloy . He ...
... nodded . I just wished he hadn't been so vexed at me when he died . I told the doctor what he'd said to me . Doc Halliday smiled kindly . " The dying often say strange things . It's got nothing to do with you . " But that night , on my ...
... fast was winding down , I thought this would be a good time to take coffee and cinnamon rolls to the bridge . " Cover for me ? " I asked Baz . " I want to find out what's what . " He nodded , curious as I was . Anyway , 30.
Kenneth Oppel. He nodded , curious as I was . Anyway , Baz was used to me disappearing to the control car , even when I was off duty . I loved watching the officers fly the ship , and there was an awful lot to learn . I strolled down to ...