Robur the Conqueror

Strange lights and unexplained sounds in the sky have baffled scientists worldwide. Then Robur appears at the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a secret society of balloon enthusiasts, and makes a declaration that will change everything: the future of flight belongs not to lighter-than-air vessels, but to his magnificent flying machine, the Albatross. When the members laugh him out of the room, Robur takes more than his leave. He kidnaps the club's president and secretary, spiriting them aboard his creation for a journey that will circumnavigate the globe and force them to witness the impossible. Verne imagined powered flight decades before the Wright brothers, and Robur the Conqueror crackles with the tension between visionary genius and the fear it inspires. Is Robur a prophet or a tyrant? The answer may depend on whether you're steering or along for the ride. A propulsive adventure about what it costs to believe in tomorrow before anyone else is ready.