Off on a Comet

Jules Verne's 'Off on a Comet' is a science-fiction adventure first published in 1877. After a comet collides with planet earth, several inhabitants of earth are unknowingly carried away on it. Believing the collision at first to be an earthquake, it takes some time before the unlikely bunch realise what has happened. The group encounter all kinds of adventures on their journey through space - but will they ever see their beloved home again? A thrilling adventure, this is the fifteenth book in Verne's 'Voyages Extraordinaire' series which also included 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'.