The City In The Sahara

One of Jules verne's most exciting and prophetic science-fiction adventures has been altogether unknown to English-speaking readers until the publication of the present translation. This was the long novel Verne called The Astonishing Adventure of the Barsac Mission, the second book of which is City in the Sahara. Never before available in English, this outstanding prophetic novel underlines Verne's high talent as a writer of "things to come." Here then is the novel in which Verne foresaw such things as the use of liquid air for rocket propulsion, the use of missiles in warfare, VTO aircraft, scientific rain-making, and the rise of such criminal syndicates as Cosa Nostra. Even today some of the things Verne foresaw in this book have not yet been fully achieved. Ace Books is proud to present this new Verne novel in their modern, standard "Fitzroy" edition of the complete works of the world's Grand Master of Science Fiction, edited and newly translated by I. O. Evans. Synopsis: A mission into French West Africa nearly ends in disaster when its members are captured and brought to Blackland, a mysterious city in the desert. Ace mass paperback, 1st edition, 1st printing 1968, Ace H-43, 192 pages, cover art by Jerome Podwil. 12mo (7" x 4.25") Originally published in 1919 as L'Etonnante aventure de la mission Barsac, this long novel was split into two parts for English publication: Part 1 - Into the Niger Bend, and Part 2 - City in the Sahara. 1968 paperback reprint of 1960 hard cover original, translated and edited by I. O. Evans.