Master of the World (1904) – Jules Verne Free Audiobook

Written by Jules Verne
Read by Jim Killavey
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Master of the World
By: Jules Verne
Narrated by: Jim Killavey
Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-10-2013
Language: English
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

When a volcano suddenly seems to erupt and threaten a mountain town of North Carolina, Inspector Strock is sent to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at many times the top speed of the entrants, Strock is again consulted. And 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. Then Strock gets a note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death but he is intrigued rather than deterred.

The story is set in a period when gasoline engines were new and automobiles were rare, and so the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water – and as later seen, underwater and through the air – marks a technological advance far beyond the reach any nation. It is technology invented by a man who styles himself “The Master of the World” and threatens the peace of the world unless Inspector Strock can find a way to stop the mad inventor.

Public Domain (P)2013 Jimcin Recordings

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