Ves ve vzduchu – Verne Jules (2024)

The novel 'The Village in the Air' depicts the adventurous journey of the French expedition led by Max Huber and his American friend John Cort, which they undertook from the city of Libreville in French Congo to the river Bahar-el-Abiad. On their return journey, the expedition encounters an impenetrable forest, where they are attacked by a herd of wild elephants that trample all their equipment. They save their lives only by fleeing behind an impenetrable wall of trees. ***** In the forest, they find a river and on its bank a raft and items that belonged to the expedition of Dr. Johansen, who has been missing for several years. He continued the research of the American explorer Garner, who studied the vocalizations of monkeys. Garner recorded monkey screams on phonographic cylinders and also studied monkeys directly in Africa, but did not achieve significant results. Professor Johansen then ventured up the Congolese river Ubarri into the heart of Africa, where he disappeared. ***** Max Huber and John Cort soon unexpectedly encounter the 'missing link' between monkeys and humans. And it will not be a pleasant meeting.