When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and ArbuthnotA cantankerous trio of friends sets off on a grand nautical adventure, determined to see the world and shake off the lingering effects of the tragedies and disappointments that each of them have experienced in recent years. But when their boat voyage is thrown off course, they stumble across the vestiges of a mysterious lost civilization. Will the friends be able to escape its evil clutches and make it back home? |
Contents
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Chapter V The Cyclone | 58 |
Chapter VI Land | 72 |
Chapter VII The Orofenans | 89 |
Chapter XVI Visions of the Past | 228 |
Chapter XVII Yva Explains | 241 |
Chapter XVIII The Accident | 259 |
Chapter XIX The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley | 277 |
Chapter XX Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night | 292 |
Chapter XXI Loves Eternal Altar | 313 |
Chapter XXII The Command | 326 |
Chapter XXIII In the Temple of Fate | 339 |
Chapter VIII Bastin Attempts the Martyrs Crown | 103 |
Chapter IX The Island in the Lake | 119 |
Chapter X The Dwellers in the Tomb | 134 |
Chapter XI Resurrection | 149 |
Chapter XII Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years | 166 |
Chapter XIII Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues | 185 |
Chapter XIV The UnderWorld | 202 |
Chapter XV Oro in His House | 217 |
Chapter XXIV The Chariot of the Pit | 357 |
Chapter XXV Sacrifice | 376 |
Chapter XXVI Tommy | 392 |
Chapter XXVII Bastin Discovers a Resemblance | 406 |
Chapter XXVIII Note by J R Bickley MRCS | 414 |
Endnotes | 417 |
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