One of Jules Verne& apos; s final books, The Master of the World, which was released in 1904, is a science fiction classic. The novel was written as Verne& apos; s health was deteriorating. The Master of the World is a "dark novel," full of dread and anxiety about the emergence of totalitarianism and tyrants, embodied by the novel& apos; s antagonist, Robur.
