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The Purple Cloud

The Purple Cloud

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Number of Chapters: 33

Length: 11 hours and 51 minutes

Language: English

The story, a recording of a medium's meditation over the future writing of the text, details the narrator's (Adam Jeffson's) expedition to the North Pole during the 20th century on board the Boreal. Jeffson's fiancée, the Countess Clodagh, poisons her own cousin in order to secure a place on the ship for Jeffson, because the expedition was known to be one of the best ever planned. A millionaire, who died some years previously, had ordered in his will that he would pay 175,000,000 dollars to the first person standing at the North Pole. Before Jeffson leaves, he hears a sermon by a Scottish priest named Mackay, speaking against Polar research, calling the failure of all previous expeditions the will of God, and prophesying a terrible fate for those who attempt to go against God's will in this. The narrator at the same time remembers his meeting with a man who claimed that the universe is a place of strife between vague "powers", "The White" and "The Black", for dominance. Throughout the events of the polar journey, the narrator gradually discovers that his course has been, for many years, guided by these forces, all the way up to the point where he reaches the pole first. He finds a huge, clear lake of spinning water with a rock island inlaid with inscriptions. Upon seeing this, Jeffson falls into a faint. When he returns to his camp he, along with his dogs, feels nauseous after having smelled a peculiar peach-like odor. He also notices a moving purple cloud, spreading in the far heavens. During the progress of his journey, he discovers dead animals, all without the slightest sign of injury, and he gradually learns of the death of his entire crew on board the Boreal. The ship being fairly easy to operate, he sets out by himself. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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00 - Section 00 (Rhajimas Holmes)
01 - Section 01 (Nyssa E. Schmidt)
02 - Section 02 (Anise)
03 - Section 03 (Nyssa E. Schmidt)
04 - Section 04 (Graham McMillan)
05 - Section 05 (Lynne T)
06 - Section 06 (Anise)
07 - Section 07 (Graham McMillan)
08 - Section 08 (Graham McMillan)
09 - Section 09 (April Gonzales)
10 - Section 10 (Graham McMillan)
11 - Section 11 (Graham McMillan)
12 - Section 12 (Graham McMillan)
13 - Section 13 (Gabriela Cowan)
14 - Section 14 (fshort)
15 - Section 15 (Gabriela Cowan)
16 - Section 16 (fshort)
17 - Section 17 (Gabriela Cowan)
18 - Section 18 (Gabriela Cowan)
19 - Section 19 (Anise)
20 - Section 20 (Gabriela Cowan)
21 - Section 21 (Gabriela Cowan)
22 - Section 22 (Lynne T)
23 - Section 23 (Gabriela Cowan)
24 - Section 24 (Gabriela Cowan)
25 - Section 25 (Gabriela Cowan)
26 - Section 26 (Reeses118)
27 - Section 27 (Reeses118)
28 - Section 28 (Matthew Walker)
29 - Section 29 (rookieblue)
30 - Section 30 (Gabriela Cowan)
31 - Section 31 (UberDubber)
32 - Srction 32 (Gabriela Cowan)
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