{"product_id":"2940014087414","title":"Lords of the Stratosphere","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I    The Take-off\u003cbr\u003e    II    The Ghostly Columns\u003cbr\u003e   III    Strange Levitation\u003cbr\u003e    IV    Frantic Scheming\u003cbr\u003e     V    Into the Void\u003cbr\u003e    VI    Stratosphere Currents\u003cbr\u003e   VII    Invisible Globe\u003cbr\u003e  VIII    Cataclysmic Hunger\u003cbr\u003e    IX    A Scheme Is Described\u003cbr\u003e     X    How It Came About\u003cbr\u003e    XI    To the Rescue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sidenote: High into air are the great New York buildings lifted by a\u003cbr\u003eray whose source no telescope can find.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The Take-off_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt seemed only fitting and proper that the greatest of all leaps into\u003cbr\u003espace should start from Roosevelt Field, where so many great flights had\u003cbr\u003ebegun and ended. Fliers whose names had rung--for a space--around the\u003cbr\u003eworld, had landed here and been received by New York with all the pomp\u003cbr\u003eof visiting kings. Fliers had departed here for the lands of kings, to\u003cbr\u003ebe received by them when their journeys were ended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course Lucian Jeter and Tema Eyer were disappointed that Franz Kress\u003cbr\u003ehad beaten them out in the race to be first into the stratosphere above\u003cbr\u003efifty-five thousand feet. There was a chance that Kress would fail, when\u003cbr\u003eit would be the turn of Jeter and Eyer. They didn't wish for his\u003cbr\u003efailure, of course. They were sports-men as well as scientists; but\u003cbr\u003ethey were just human enough to anticipate the plaudits of the world\u003cbr\u003ewhich would be showered without stint upon the fliers who succeeded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _The warship simply vanished into the night sky._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At least, Tema,\" said Jeter quietly, \"we can look his ship over and see\u003cbr\u003eif there is anything about it that will suggest something to us. Of\u003cbr\u003ecourse, whether he succeeds or fails, we shall make the attempt as soon\u003cbr\u003eas we are ready.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Indeed, yes,\" replied Eyer. \"For no man will ever fly so high that\u003cbr\u003eanother may not fly even higher. Once planes are constructed of\u003cbr\u003eunlimited flying radius ... well, the universe is large and there should\u003cbr\u003ebe no end of space fights for a long time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEyer, the elder of the two partner scientists, was given sometimes to\u003cbr\u003equiet biting sarcasm that almost took the hide off. Jeter never minded\u003cbr\u003egreatly, for he knew Eyer thoroughly and liked him immensely. Besides\u003cbr\u003ethey were complements to each other. The brain of each received from the\u003cbr\u003eother exactly that which he needed to supplement his own knowledge of\u003cbr\u003escience.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079867908336,"sku":"2940014087414","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014087414_p0.jpg?v=1763600549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014087414","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}