Jules Verne's Facing the Flag (1896), a patriotic novel, is part of The Extraordinary Voyages. Thomas Roch, a French inventor, conceives of a destructive weapon, the Fulgurator, which could blow to atoms anything within the zone of twelve thousand square yards. Roch goes to America to sell his invention and there he finds himself commanded to fire the weapon on a French ship.
- ISBN13 9798627599779
- Publish Date 18 March 2020 (first published 1 September 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Independently Published
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 182
- Language English