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The Mysterious Island: A Positronic Book
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience FictionClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604596489
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Jan 10 2009
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jules Verne's classic tale of survival, ingenuity, and scientific adventure follows a group of Civil War escapees who must build a new life on a mysterious and uncharted island.
When five prisoners of war escape Confederate captivity in a stolen balloon, a violent storm carries them far out to sea before depositing them on an unknown island in the Pacific. Stranded with limited supplies but abundant ingenuity, the castaways-an engineer, a journalist, a sailor, a young boy, and a loyal servant-set out to transform the wild landscape into a functioning settlement using science, cooperation, and determination.
As the settlers explore their strange new home, they encounter mysterious phenomena that suggest they may not be alone. Secret interventions, unexplained tools, and hidden forces gradually point toward a deeper mystery lurking within the island itself-one that ultimately connects the story to Verne's earlier adventure Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.
Blending scientific curiosity, adventure, and imaginative speculation, The Mysterious Island stands as one of Jules Verne's most celebrated novels and a cornerstone of classic science fiction and adventure literature.
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