The Bugey region of France is a picturesque area in a low series of hills at the tip of the Jura Mountains.[3] Mysteriously, human body parts start to be discovered scattered all over the landscape. Coincidentally, there have been instances of both humans and animals disappearing. Initially, we are led to believe that these are crimes of the natural sort, until it is discovered that they were kidnapped by invisible, ethereal beings, the Sarvants, living 50,000 feet (15,000 m) above the Earth in the upper atmosphere. It turns out that the whole planet is covered by a thin, transparent spherical membrane that covers the atmosphere in the same way that the Earth’s crust covers the molten rocks beneath…
| Alias Sarvants |
| Real Names/Alt Names N/A |
| Characteristics Merveilleux-scientifique, Pulp Characters, Extra-terrestrial, Invisibility, Belle Époque, Public Domain |
| Creators/Key Contributors Maurice Renard |
| First Appearance “Le Péril bleu” by Maurice Renard serialized in L’Intransigeant (1910) |
| First Publisher L’Intransigeant |
| Appearance List Le Péril bleu by Maurice Renard serialized in L’Intransigeant (1910); Le Péril bleu (1911, Paris: Société des éditions Louis-Michaud); Le Péril bleu (1920, Illustrated reissue, L’Édition française illustrée); Le Péril bleu (1922, Paris: Georges Crès); Up Above (1913) by John Nathan Raphael — Derivative/acknowledged reworking inspired by Le Péril bleu; Le Péril bleu (1953, Jules Tallandier); Le Péril bleu (1955, Les Belles Lectures); Le Péril bleu (1972, Filipacchi); Le Péril bleu (1974, Belfond); Le Péril bleu (1975) — TV adaptation; Le Péril bleu (1976, Marabout). |
| Sample Read The Blue Peril – Read a chapter [Black Coat Press] |
| Description The Bugey region of France is a picturesque area in a low series of hills at the tip of the Jura Mountains.[3] Mysteriously, human body parts start to be discovered scattered all over the landscape. Coincidentally, there have been instances of both humans and animals disappearing. Initially, we are led to believe that these are crimes of the natural sort, until it is discovered that they were kidnapped by invisible, ethereal beings, the Sarvants, living 50,000 feet (15,000 m) above the Earth in the upper atmosphere. It turns out that the whole planet is covered by a thin, transparent spherical membrane that covers the atmosphere in the same way that the Earth’s crust covers the molten rocks beneath… |
| Source The Blue Peril – Wikipedia |
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