神秘岛

DuringtheUSCivilWar,UnionPOWsescapeinaballoonandendupstrandedonaSouthPacificisland,inhabitedbygiantplantsandanimals.Theymustusetheiringenuitytosurvivethedangers,andtodeviseawaytoreturnhome.Sequelto’20,000LeaguesUndertheSea’.WrittenbyStewartM.Clamen<[email protected]>In1865,duringthesiegeofRichmond,Virginia,theunionsoldiersPOWCaptainHarding,NebandHerbertescapeinaballoonduringastormwithtwoconfederateprisoners,SergeantPencroftandthejournalistSpilett.TheuncontrollablewindtakestheballoontoamysteriousislandintheSouthPacificintheareaofNewZealand.CaptainHardingself-proclaimstheleaderofthegroupandtheylookforfood;soonertheydiscoverthattheyarestrandedinanisland.Further,theyareattackedbyagiantcrabthatbecomestheirfirstmeal.Alongthedays,theybuildashelterandfindsthattheislandisinhabitedbygiantanimals.Acoupleofdayslater,theyfindtwocastawaysonthebeach,thearistocraticLadyMaryFairchildandhersexynieceElena.Latertheyfindatrunkwithweaponsandinstrumentslikesextantandshelterwithajournalofamanleftaloneintheislandbypirates.Whenthepiratevesselarrivesintheisland,theyarehelpedbyCaptainNemooftheNautilus,asubmarinethathadsupposedlysunkinthecoastofMexicoeightyearsago.Nemoisfamousasthemanthattriedtoendstrikeamongman.Whenthevolcanobeginsactivity,theyneedtoleavetheislandtosavetheirlives.WrittenbyClaudioCarvalho,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil