TY - BOOK AU - Verne,Jules TI - Facing the Flag AV - PQ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - Revenge -- Fiction KW - Pirates -- Fiction KW - Mentally ill -- Fiction KW - Abduction -- Fiction KW - Avarice -- Fiction KW - Weapons of mass destruction -- Fiction KW - Patriotism -- Fiction KW - Loyalty -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facing_the_Flag; Release date is 2004-03-01; Produced by Norm Wolcott and PG Distributed Proofreaders Linked Table of Contents produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Facing the Flag" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1896. A brilliant French inventor creates the Fulgurator, a devastating super-weapon capable of destroying ships without direct impact. When governments reject his invention, he descends into madness and paranoia. A notorious pirate kidnaps him to a hidden island base, forcing him to build the weapon while a French spy works desperately to stop the catastrophe. As naval powers close in, the inventor must choose between patriotism and revenge in this tale of technological terror and national loyalty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11556 ER -