Off on a Comet! A Journey Through Planetary Space

Captain Hector Servadac is ready to cross swords with a Russian count—not over money or honor, but because Wagner has insulted Rossini. Their duel is set for New Year’s morning beneath a fog that has swallowed half the world.

On the Algerian coast, as 1877 draws to a close, Servadac is juggling a duel, an awkward love poem, and the prospect of marrying a young widow. The scatter-brained French officer has little patience for compromise—but the strange fog over land and sea hints at troubles no sword can settle. When a comet strikes near Gibraltar, Servadac and a band of unlikely companions are swept into a journey through planetary space, where even familiar laws may no longer apply. Can the captain’s courage—and his knack for making trouble—bring him safely through a sky turned strange?

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