French professor Pierre Aronnax and his servant join the Abraham
Lincoln, an American frigate, on a mission to find and destroy a
"sea-unicorn of colossal dimensions, armed not with a halberd,
but with a real spur, as the armored frigates." The undersea
monster is thought to be responsible for the disappearance of
over 200 ships. When they encounter the "gigantic cetacean," it
disables the Abraham Lincoln and knocks Professor Aronnax, his
servant, and the hot-tempered harpooner Ned Land overboard. The
three must cling to the beast or drown; however, they soon
realize that the "beast" is really a man-made underwater
vehicle. Captain Nemo captures the men and holds them prisoner
on the Nautilus, his incredible submarine. The captain and his
unwilling passengers thus embark on a deep-sea odyssey that
stretches from the palm-strewn Indian Ocean to the frozen peril
of the South Pole. But the enigmatic Nemo has a darker purpose
for his voyage: revenge on humanity. Not just a suspense-ridden
drama, this classic nove