The Purple Cloud
byM. P. Shiel
CompletedSci FiPublic domain
Public-domain text, with thanks to Standard Ebooks and other free-text projects.
Adam Jeffson, the narrator of The Purple Cloud, is recruited to join a polar expedition after the suspicious death of another crewmate. Jeffson and the rest of crew of the Boreal are hoping to claim a multimillion dollar prize for the first expedition to reach the North Pole. During the long voyage, Jeffson discovers an ominous purple cloud which transforms his Arctic adventure.
