20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A premier adventure novel and one of the most loved science fiction classics of all time.
It’s 1866 when a group of ships from different countries spot a massive sea monster. Back home, the U.S. government puts together a crew to find and kill the beast. Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist, is one of the team, as is Canadian whaler Ned Land; they set out from New York and travel for months before they find—and run smack into—the monster. With their ship terribly damaged and the crewmen tossed overboard, Aronnax, Land, and Aronnax’s servant, Conseil, discover the truth about the creature.
Saved but held hostage, the characters come to know the power of the seas better than they ever thought possible. Until their precarious situation reaches its tipping point…