The Master of the World by Jules Verne ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

The Master of the World by Jules Verne audiobook.

Genre: scifi

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.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:15:42) Chapter 2

(00:32:13) Chapter 3

(00:55:21) Chapter 4

(01:12:26) Chapter 5

(01:29:36) Chapter 6

(01:40:51) Chapter 7

(01:58:29) Chapter 8

(02:18:04) Chapter 9

(02:20:24) Chapter 10

(02:34:56) Chapter 11

(02:53:29) Chapter 12

(03:11:31) Chapter 13

(03:29:32) Chapter 14

(03:53:29) Chapter 15

(04:11:40) Chapter 16

(04:23:08) Chapter 17

(04:48:37) Chapter 18

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