The Dominion of the World (1900) represents a transition from
classic Vernian anticipation to the pulp serials of the 1920s and
1930s. It is also the only science fiction work that sought to
dramatize the "Transatlantic Peril," positing a fundamental
difference of culture and attitude between the United States and
Europe. Despite some of its outlandishness, hindsight has lent the
world imagined by Gustave Guitton and Gustave Le Rouge (The
Vampires of Mars) a certain prophetic quality. In the third volume
of the series, after the destruction of engineer Hattison's secret
citadel, the secret cabal of American billionaires, led by William
Boltyn, hires the sinister Harry Madge, who plans to attack Europe
with the aid of a brigade of hypnotists and psychic spies. Only
French scientist Olivier Coronal, the inventor of the terrestrial
torpedo, stands in the way of the final success of the
Billionaires' Conspiracy...
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