'It was seen first in North Carolina, or something was, smoking up from a mountain crater. With blinding speed, it roared past cars on a Pennsylvania road. It skimmed the Atlantic, then at the flick of its captain's will dove beneath the waves...It was the 'Terror'...ship, sub, plane, and land vehicle in one and a letter from its inventor claimed that with it, he would rule the world.' Long recognized as a truly prophetic science fiction classic, this exciting adventure was also Verne's last novel.