Several warships have been involved in

strange accidents at sea, and Professor

Aronnax is dispatched to investigate

sightings of a peculiar kind of monster

described by survivors. Is it a whale, or

possibly a narwhal? The Professor s

theories have to be hastily revised when,

after their ship founders, he finds himself

inside a giant submarine and meets the

bizarre Captain Nemo.

What are the crew of the Nautilus trying

to achieve? Will the Professor escape?

Jules Verne s sci-fi adventure is a gripping

read, full of authentic scientific knowledge,

which predicted the invention of powered

submarines a quarter of a century before

they became a reality.