Barbicane and J. T. Maston of the Baltimore Gun Club, last seen firing men at the Moon, buy the North Pole at auction for a mysterious syndicate. Their plan to reach its buried coal fields is breathtaking: fire a gigantic cannon to shift the axis of the Earth, whatever the consequences for the rest of the world.
Verne’s satirical sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, with mathematics, menace and comedy in equal parts. Download the free EPUB.