The Land of the Changing Sun (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781421842202)

The balloon seemed scarcely to move, though it was slowly sinking toward the ocean of white clouds which hung between it and the earth. The two inmates of the car were insensible; their faces were bloodless, their cheeks sunken. They were both young and handsome. Harry Johnston, an American, was as dark and sallow as a Spaniard. Charles Thorndyke, an English gentle-man, had yellow hair and mustache, blue eyes and a fine intellectual face. Both were tall, athletic in build and well-proportioned. Johnston was the first to come to consciousness as the balloon sank into less rarefied atmosphere. He opened his eyes dreamily and looked curiously at the white face of his friend in his lap. Then he shook him and tried to call his name, but his lips made no sound. Drawing himself up a little with a hand on the edge of the basket, he reached for a water-jug and sprinkled Thorndyke's face. In a moment he was rewarded by seeing the eyes of the latter slowly open. "Where are we?" asked Thorndyke in a whisper.

Author: William N. Harben
ISBN-10: 1421842203
ISBN-13: 9781421842202
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2007
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d