Publisher's Synopsis
Facing The Flag is a science fiction novel written by Jules Verne. The story revolves around Thomas Roch, a French inventor who has created a powerful weapon called the fulgurator. The fulgurator is capable of destroying anything in its path with a single shot. Roch is approached by a mysterious group who want to buy the weapon, but he refuses to sell it to them. The group then kidnaps Roch and forces him to use the fulgurator for their own purposes. The novel follows Roch's attempts to resist the group's demands and escape their clutches, all while trying to protect his invention from falling into the wrong hands. The story is set in the late 19th century and explores themes of science, ethics, and the dangers of unchecked power.Then the question to which I have never been able to suggest a satisfactory answer once more surges into my mind. Why was Thomas Roch abducted from Healthful House in the manner already fully described? Does the Count d'Artigas hope to force from him the secret of his fulgurator with a view to utilizing it for the defence of Back Cup in case his retreat should by chance be discovered? Hardly. It would be easy enough to starve the gang out of Back Cup, by preventing the tug from supplying them with provisions.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
