Verne's Science Fiction Masterpieces, Five Weeks in a Balloon

This book includes the first full-length novel Five Weeks in a Balloon of Verne and his representative work The Jangada.

Five Weeks in a Balloon told the story that some British travelers, their servants and best friends took self-designed hydrogen balloon for a five-week air travel and adventure to accomplish a pioneering study of the African continent.

The book makes a colorful depiction of the local customs and practices in the African continent, and the mutual aid and sacrificing spirit shown by several travelers in the adventure is deeply touching.

The Jangada told the story of the Galal family against evil.

The condemned criminal, Galal, who escaped in a wronged diamond robbery, was denounced by a wicked man with ulterior motives after a few years, and the evidence that could prove his innocence was a cipher text like "e;a sealed book"e;.

The writer masterly presents the process of decoding to the readers in detail, which is exciting to read.

As the jangada floats downstream the Amazon River, the story presents spectacular tropical scenery for us.