Project Gutenberg 2010-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 63 Loomis, Noel M. 1905 1969 Loomis, Noel Miller Miller, Benj. Water, Silas The Wealth of Echindul Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Wealth of Echindul" by Noel M. Loomis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story follows Grant Russell, a small and determined prospector who embarks on a perilous journey across the dangerous Great Sea-Swamp of Venus in search of valuable echindul stones. The setting explores themes of survival, greed, and the struggle against oppressive forces in a vividly imagined extraterrestrial environment. The plot revolves around Grant Russell's arduous trek through the treacherous swamps of Venus after successfully locating a nest of the mythical echindul, known for its precious gizzard-stones. As Russell makes his way toward Aphrodite, a city marked by vice and danger, he must navigate the treacherous landscape while evading Relegar, a cunning and ruthless Uranian who seeks to claim the stones for himself. With both a personal mission to reunite with his daughter and the hope of securing a future for them, Russell relies on his intelligence and resourcefulness to outsmart Relegar and survive the myriad threats of Venus, ultimately leading to a tense confrontation that could determine his fate and that of his newfound fortune. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Venus (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 67516 67526 2024-09-13T09:21:38.568521 2023-09-14T03:54:26.702212 text/html text/html 63819 2010-02-19T11:15:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 103841 2010-02-19T11:15:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145262 2024-09-13T09:21:41.847523 application/epub+zip 144312 2024-09-13T09:21:39.767541 application/epub+zip 70149 2024-09-13T09:21:39.016534 application/epub+zip 223930 2024-09-13T09:21:43.463563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216663 2024-09-13T09:21:41.367533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143372 2022-09-14T11:20:20.040841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60545 60442 2024-09-13T09:21:38.349536 2023-09-14T03:54:26.506204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 60388 2010-02-19T11:15:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23362 2010-02-19T11:15:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18898 2024-09-13T09:21:43.593493 application/rdf+xml 13118 2024-09-13T09:21:39.361514 image/jpeg 3829 2024-09-13T09:21:39.188523 image/jpeg 154853 2024-09-13T09:21:38.586529 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia