Project Gutenberg 2019-12-06 Public domain in the USA. 132 Mighels, Philip Verrill 1869 1911 Verrill Mighels, Philip 01015262 The Crystal Sceptre: A Story of Adventure Also published under title: The king of the missing links. Produced by Tim Lindell, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Crystal Sceptre: A Story of Adventure" by Philip Verrill Mighels is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the protagonist, who finds himself in a perilous situation after a tumultuous balloon ride leads to the crash in an uncharted jungle. As he navigates this strange land, he encounters a tribe of creatures he refers to as "Missing Links," marking his journey as one of survival and unexpected alliances. The opening of the narrative plunges readers into high-stakes adventure, beginning with the protagonist's desperate struggle to maintain control of a balloon threatened by a ferocious storm. Following a harrowing series of events that leads to his crash landing, he finds himself amidst a group of peculiar, humanoid creatures. These beings, a fusion of man and animal, initially observe him with curiosity and caution. The tension escalates when they are attacked by monstrous orangutans, forcing the protagonist into a fight for survival where he must choose sides and form crucial alliances. The emergence from this conflict sets the stage for his further interactions with the tribe as he attempts to understand their society and find a way to navigate this new reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Jungles -- Fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction Ballooning -- Fiction Jungle survival -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 531695 2025-06-24T08:36:53.246708 text/html 509075 2024-10-17T15:10:01 text/html 402828 2025-06-24T08:37:02.250723 application/epub+zip 423299 2025-06-24T08:36:55.795715 application/epub+zip 278639 2025-06-24T08:36:54.582697 application/epub+zip 536168 2025-06-24T08:37:07.499660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466446 2025-06-24T08:37:01.169671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374269 2022-09-27T13:55:37.815987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488481 2025-06-24T08:36:52.174754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 468460 2024-10-17T15:10:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17751 2025-06-24T08:37:07.711621 application/rdf+xml 15761 2025-06-24T08:36:54.698703 image/jpeg 2491 2025-06-24T08:36:54.640685 image/jpeg 381775 2025-06-24T08:36:53.306725 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia