Five Weeks in a Balloon Chapter 21

Off on a Comet Book 2 Chapter 4

In which the colonists on the comet Gallia adjust to their extraordinary new circumstances amidst bitter cold and an unchanging sky, while the professor devotes himself to rigorous astronomical studies and the creation of a novel calendar to measure their strange journey. Meanwhile, the small community navigates the challenges of survival and governance, their curiosity and anxieties entwined in their tentative life on this distant celestial body.

Off on a Comet Book 2 Chapter 3

In which the learned Professor Palmyrin Rosette recounts his solitary observations of a mysterious celestial body—a comet he dubs Gallia—that culminated in its fateful collision with the Earth, separating a fragment of the Balearic Archipelago and altering their cosmic destinies. Amidst scientific exposition and gentle banter, the company learns of the comet’s revised orbit and the uncertain future that awaits them as it becomes a periodic wanderer of the heavens.

Off on a Comet Book 2 Chapter 1

In which a small company of unfortunates, stranded upon a mysterious fragment, strive to revive the eccentric astronomer Professor Palmyrin Rosette, whose cryptic utterance “My comet!” spurs them to question the true nature of their celestial predicament. As they ponder his tarnished genius and examine his intricate cometary calculations, these survivors begin to suspect that a collision with a comet forged their strange new world, setting the stage for extraordinary revelations yet to come.

Off on a Comet Book 2 Chapter 2

In which a mysterious stranger’s arrival stirs little interest among the indifferent colonists, yet kindles curiosity and hope in the keen eyes of an eager local merchant, while the ailing professor gradually awakens to recount his profound observations and explanations. It is revealed with scholarly fervour and measured excitement that the fragments of earth they inhabit have been carried away upon a comet, placing them far from Europe and in a most extraordinary position upon the celestial traveller called Gallia.

Off on a Comet Book 1 Chapter 23

In which the settlers on the strange Gallian sea find amusement and solace in the manufacture of skates and the exercise of gliding over the newly frozen expanse, while enduring the harsh and unyielding cold of their alien winter. In their midst, a wounded carrier-pigeon bearing a cryptic, partial message arrives, kindling hopes of contact with a distant and possibly imperilled compatriot.