Native Californian PAT REGAN was born in 1949 and discovered Jules Verne in 1954. His interest in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is lifelong and has engendered more functional art projects than can be listed here. For that, there's a website. At the time of this writing, Regan is retired from a career in public safety; designing, building, and diving unique underwater technologies in Hawaii. http://www.vulcaniasubmarine.com
VULCANIUM
(The Secret of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus)
by Pat Regan
VULCANIUM
(The Secret of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus)
by Pat Regan
Published Oct 10, 2013
382 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Book Details
THE NAUTILUS
VULCANIUM is a prequel to Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Who were Captain Nemo and the crew of the Nautilus? How and why did they build the World's most advanced submarine and use it to wage war against some hated yet undefined nation? What events, adventures, and tragedies led up to their fateful encounter with the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln? The year is 1858: Step aboard the prison ship Moira and embark on the mother of all underwater adventure stories. Take the voyage!
Book Excerpt
"Riding low in the water and bristling with iron barbs, the Nautilus was a menace to navigation: in a collision with her, a wooden ship would suffer grievous damage. Certainly, the conservative observer would condemn the submarine as an infernal machine the civilized world could never tolerate in rebel hands. But if the Nautilus was built to stand down for no one, she was only as hard and unforgiving as the World had been to the men who built her."