Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 119 Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer) 1870 1944 Clouston, Joseph Storer The Man from the Clouds Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_the_Clouds Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Man from the Clouds" by J. Storer Clouston is a novel written in the early 20th century, likely during the post-World War I period. The story begins with an unexpected and harrowing adventure involving an observation balloon crewed by Sub-Lieutenant Roger Merton and a confident navy man named Rutherford. After a mishap causes their balloon to ascend rapidly into the mist-filled sky, the narrative hints at themes of survival, fate, and unexpected encounters as Merton faces the perils of landing in enemy territory. At the start of the book, Merton and Rutherford are caught in their balloon, which breaks loose, propelling them into a foggy unknown above the North Sea. As they converse about their dire situation and the likelihood of a safe landing, both men struggle with the fear of what lies ahead—either a parachute jump or a fatal descent into the ocean. The narrative quickly shifts from their aerial predicament to Merton's lonely descent, as he ultimately lands in a clover field on what turns out to be a mysterious island. There, he encounters a fisherman who, alarmingly, advises him to speak English, sparking questions about the region's allegiances. This sets off a chain of events where Merton must navigate both local suspicions and the tension of a possible spying operation in the environment, laying the groundwork for a mix of intrigue and suspense throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 402875 2025-07-04T09:58:54.229005 text/html 402696 2025-01-12T18:18:00.999530 text/html 218498 2025-07-04T09:59:01.551994 application/epub+zip 224715 2025-07-04T09:58:56.744036 application/epub+zip 217821 2025-07-04T09:58:55.662012 application/epub+zip 403002 2025-07-04T09:59:05.078958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381263 2025-07-04T09:59:00.855941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336814 2022-09-05T05:43:43.027808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356749 2025-07-04T09:58:53.863058 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 356622 2020-12-27T00:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 356613 2020-12-27T00:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19652 2025-07-04T09:59:05.209927 application/rdf+xml 12760 2025-07-04T09:58:56.143993 image/jpeg 3761 2025-07-04T09:58:55.898969 image/jpeg 134826 2020-12-27T00:40:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 134795 2020-12-27T00:40:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 214075 2025-07-04T09:58:54.259990 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