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What if one inventor could outrun every pursuer on land, at sea, and in the sky?
Flames and alarming noises draw attention to the Great Eyrie, a steep, nearly inaccessible mountain in North Carolina. Federal investigator John Strock follows the reports, looking for an explanation. Meanwhile, an astonishing vehicle troubles the authorities. Its speed leaves ordinary pursuit helpless, turning the search into a test of observation and resolve.
In Jules Verne’s The Master of the World, the chase centres on the Terror, a machine that travels on land, on water, underwater, and through the air. Strock tackles the mystery as a police officer, not an inventor. Behind the remarkable machinery lies a harder question: what restrains a genius whose power puts him beyond government control?
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- A mountain full of questions Follow the investigation toward steep heights where flames and strange noises suggest hidden danger.
- A machine beyond pursuit Discover the Terror, whose command of land, water, and air gives its master extraordinary freedom.
- A police officer’s eye Join Strock as reports, journeys, and careful observation guide his attempts to intercept the unknown traveller.
- Genius without restraint Explore the uneasy gap between an inventor’s technical brilliance and his capacity for responsibility.
- Speed with larger stakes Look beyond the chase to the threat of power that ordinary authorities cannot contain.
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Readers who enjoy ingenious vehicles, police investigations, and uneasy portraits of powerful inventors will enjoy this compact Verne adventure.
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Who’s who
- John StrockA federal investigator follows reports of strange disturbances and an impossibly fast vehicle.
- The TerrorAn extraordinary machine combines travel on land, on water, underwater, and through the air.
- The Great EyrieAn inaccessible mountain in North Carolina provides the investigation with its first mystery.
- Genius and powerSuperior technology gives its owner the means to defy authorities and claim a position above ordinary society.
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Der Herr der Welt
by Jules Verne· 1904
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Strange disturbances draw attention to the Great Eyrie, a mountain in North Carolina. Flames and alarming noises suggest that something dangerous is happening inside its steep, nearly inaccessible heights. John Strock, an investigator working for the federal police, receives the task of finding out what is going on. Before he can identify the cause, he must solve a practical problem: how to reach a place that seems sealed off by nature.
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What is The Master of the World about?
Jules Verne’s novel follows John Strock, a federal investigator tracing mysterious disturbances and reports of an extraordinarily fast vehicle. His pursuit becomes a confrontation with an inventor who treats technological superiority as a right to defy everyone else.
Is The Master of the World a sequel to Robur the Conqueror?
Yes. The Master of the World returns to the inventor introduced in Robur the Conqueror. It has a new investigator and a separate mystery, so its central pursuit can be followed without first reading the earlier novel.
What can the Terror do?
The Terror can operate as a road vehicle, a boat, a submarine, and an aircraft. Combining these abilities in one machine lets its operator evade pursuers who depend on a single form of transport.
The author
Jules Verne
1828–1905 · French adventure novelist
Jules Verne was a French writer born in Nantes in 1828. He lived in Paris and later in Amiens, where he died in 1905. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
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