Showing results for "Jules Verne" in Thriller & Suspense

In this 1876 "Mission Impossible" tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and foment a rebellion. A sinister plot to assassinate the Czar's brother, the Grand Duke, is discovered but all telegraph lines have been cut.

A letter from a sea captain, signed only with cryptic initials, directs an experienced sailor to built and outfit a ship, and to assemble a crew to sail on a dangerous adventure. The voyage starts towards a northerly destination with, as far as anyone knows, no captain aboard. After some time at sea, the captain finally appears and announces his identity, and his plan to sail to the North Pole. The crew faces dangers and hardship as they fight their way through the icy seas, while the captain drives them with single-minded focus to find a passage ever farther north.

L'avventura narrata ne L'isola misteriosa inizia durante l'assedio di Richmond, nel periodo della Guerra di Secessione americana...

Estados Adası, sert Antarktika rüzgârları, dev dalgaların egemen olduğu ıssız kumsalları, gemilerin parçalandığı, denizcilerin can verdiği kasvetli kayalıklarıyla Güney Amerika'nın en uç noktasında yer alıyordu. Artık medeniyet hâkimiyeti eline almaya cesaret ettiğinde, dünyada kalan en son ve en vahşi sahiller bir deniz feneriyle aydınlandı… Fakat bu önemli ışığın koruyucusu Vasquez, iki arkadaşını öldüren ve onu vahşi doğaya süren tehlikeli ve gözü kara Kongre çetesini hesaba katmamıştı.

Amerika im Bürgerkrieg. Die Küsten sind abgeriegelt, das Land gespalten – und mitten hindurch wagt sich ein kleines, wagemutiges Schiff. Ein Kapitän, ein geheimes Ziel und eine gefährliche Mission gegen die Übermacht der Nordstaatenflotte – Verne vermischt historische Realität mit dramatischer Zuspitzung und erschafft ein Miniaturabenteuer auf hoher See.

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright who is sometimes credited as the original 'Father of Science Fiction'. Written in 1851, 'A Drama in the Air' is one of Verne's earliest and most seminal stories, telling the dramatic adventure of a balloonist suddenly confronted with an unexpected and unpredictable passenger who climbs into his balloon at the point of take-off. Many of the themes from this tale were expanded by Verne in his later and better known works about aerial journeys around the world or to the moon.

Depuis le début de l’année, l’océan avale les navires sans laisser de traces. Les médias frétillent. Certains croient qu’une créature préhistorique a surgi des abysses, d’autres soupçonnent des torpillages meurtriers commis par des pirates. Quand l’armée américaine s’en mêle, le narrateur et scientifique Pierre Aronnax est invité à bord du cuirassé Abraham Lincoln.