Master of the World

Master of the World

  • Genres: 
    Action & adventure fiction
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Provider: Librivox
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Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is consulted. When an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related. And when Strock gets a hand-lettered note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death, he is intrigued rather than deterred. Set in a period when gasoline engines were in their infancy and automobiles were rare, and when even Chief Inspectors had to engage a carriage and horses to move about, the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water - and as later revealed, underwater and through the air - marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of nations. It is technology invented by and for the sole benefit of a man who styles himself (with some justification) "The Master of the World." This book is a sequel to an earlier Verne novel, "Robur the Conqueror", but enough detail is given to fully appreciate this story without having first read the other. (Summary by Mark)
Chapters
  • 01
    What Happened in the Mountains
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  • 02
    I Reach Morganton
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  • 03
    The Great Eyrie
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  • 04
    A Meeting of the Automobile Club
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  • 05
    Along the Shores of New England
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  • 06
    The First Letter
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  • 07
    A Third Machine
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  • 08
    At Any Cost
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  • 09
    The Second Letter
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  • 10
    Outside the Law
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  • 11
    The Campaign
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  • 12
    Black Rock Creek
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  • 13
    On Board the Terror
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  • 14
    Niagra
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  • 15
    The Eagle's Nest
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  • 16
    Robur, the Conqueror
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  • 17
    In the Name of the Law
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  • 18
    The Old Housekeeper's Last Comment
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