Captain Nemo

The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius

By: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Captain Nemo is the fictional life story of one of Jules Verne's most memorable characters from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. It covers his boyhood friendship with the dreamer Jules Verne, adventures aboard sailing ships, battles with pirates, and survival on a mysterious deserted island. Each time he returns home to his beloved France, Captain Nemo shares the tales of his exploits with the struggling writer Verne. We follow Nemo's exploration of hidden caverns that lead to the center of the earth, his travels across darkest Africa in a hydrogen balloon, and his imprisonment by an evil Ottoman caliph who commands the dark genius to construct a submarine boat, the Nautilus, in order to attack merchant ships that venture through the newly completed Suez Canal.

©2002 Kevin J. Anderson (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Anderson's rollicking whopper of a novel glides along smoothly in a style deliberately modeled on Verne's own, yet unvexed by the scientific detail that often bogged down Verne's prose and muddied his narrative waters. Anderson's Nemo, whose stories alternate here with Verne's, is a sympathetically drawn Byronic hero, playing off the pedestrian Verne, a multitude of flamboyant pirates, Turkish caliphs, raging sea monsters and the incomparable Caroline, a proto-feminist shipping executive and composer. No one would miss the boat by signing on this fantastic journey." (Publishers Weekly)

we all live in the yellow submarine....

Superfine of Jules Verne and steampunk will enjoy this labor of love that profiles the conundrum that is Captain Nemo.

Steampunk Forest Gump

Kevin J Anderson has a unique voice for retelling or adding to the stories of others. This delightful steampunk Forrest Gump is a delightful romp through the 1800s and the works of Jules Verne.

Fun journey

Their book was fun to listen to. A bit slow in some parts but picks up quickly. I enjoyed the narrator a lot and will look for other books by both author and reader.

Really good

Very entertaining and fun. Cool story and great narration if your a fan of Verne you'll enjoy this book.

Just wonderful

I had difficulty stopping myself while listening to this book. The story was so compelling, and the narrator so effective that I just couldn't stop.

The story itself seems to tie together the works of Jules Verne very well and answers some questions I've had since my youth. True, this is a work of fiction, but the way this story was done puts that concern at ease.

The only thing unfortunate about the story is that Jules never got to experience the wonderful adventures he wrote about. This story however tells us that he might have experienced a few after all.