{"product_id":"2940014070232","title":"When Super-Apes Plot","description":"Damn in the Borneo jungle! The rising sun shone down upon what may\u003cbr\u003ehave been the strangest sight seen in that vast wilderness since the\u003cbr\u003ebeginning of time. A dark and gloomy lake, some ten miles wide, lay\u003cbr\u003eshimmering beneath gray mists which rose like clouds of steam from its\u003cbr\u003eglassy surface; here and there this surface was broken by waterspouts\u003cbr\u003ewhich constantly boiled up and fell back again as though heated from\u003cbr\u003ethe depths' beneath by gigantic fires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn all sides was virgin jungle. A dense rank growth of trees and vines\u003cbr\u003erose up from the very edge of the water like a living wall, hemming in\u003cbr\u003ethe lake with an almost solid mass of vegetation which reached\u003cbr\u003eunbroken for miles and miles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNear the center of this lake there was an island. Like the mainland,\u003cbr\u003ethis island seemed to be covered with verdure, but from near the\u003cbr\u003emiddle of it the twin peaks of a great mountain reared up far above\u003cbr\u003ethe treetops, and from between these peaks rose a tall column of\u003cbr\u003eyellowish smoke that spiraled sullenly into the upper atmosphere. To\u003cbr\u003ethe eyes of the initiated this lazy smoke wreath told the reason for\u003cbr\u003ethose boiling waterspouts: the whole region was volcanic, undermined\u003cbr\u003ewith sleeping fires of a vastness beyond the conception of man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnusual as were these natural phenomena, however, there was a far\u003cbr\u003estranger thing in the lake that morning--a thing which had not been\u003cbr\u003ethere when the sun rose on the previous day. Some two hundred feet\u003cbr\u003efrom the shore of the island, near a point where a little sandy beach\u003cbr\u003ebroke the monotony of the tree-fringed coast and where the black water\u003cbr\u003ewas free from geysers, a huge seaplane lay floating gently on the\u003cbr\u003estill surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike some great fowl of an unknown species this visitor from another\u003cbr\u003eworld rested in its dark setting, its metal parts and white planes,\u003cbr\u003enearly a hundred feet across, reflecting the early rays of the sun,\u003cbr\u003eits propellers and engines motionless and silent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the sun climbed higher in the sky and the lake mists evaporated and\u003cbr\u003edisappeared, there were sundry indications of life in the anchored\u003cbr\u003eseaplane. A canvas curtain which inclosed the entire hull was rolled\u003cbr\u003eup, and a tall, strong-looking man, about thirty years of age, thrust\u003cbr\u003ehis head and shoulders over the side to survey the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresently this man was joined by another, shorter and of dark\u003cbr\u003ecomplexion; then came a thin, gray-haired old fellow; and last of all\u003cbr\u003ea very pretty young woman with a wealth of yellow hair, which\u003cbr\u003ereflected the sun's rays like polished gold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a few minutes the four people contemplated the scene before them\u003cbr\u003ein silence; then the younger white man--he of the tall figure and wide\u003cbr\u003eshoulders who had first appeared---grinned boyishly.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070394876144,"sku":"2940014070232","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014070232_p0.jpg?v=1763600129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014070232","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}