Frank Reade Junior and His Monitor of the Air

The Cuban-American Jules Verne, Luis Senarens, takes us on another startling adventure in this classic 1890 science fiction tale!Striking gold riches is both a blessing and a curse for the prospectors that scour the West in search of the next big find. The untold wealth is ever accompanied by untold danger, for the unfortunate miner becomes the target of every desperado, bandit, and con man in the Far West. Such has been the sweet and bitter fate of one Howard Bently, formerly of New York City.But perhaps fortune smiles upon him still, for Frank Reade Junior, world's greatest inventor and tireless champion of justice has heard of Howard's plight. With his astonishing new flying fortress, the Monitor of the Air, Frank pledges to leave no stone unturned until the ill-fated prospector is found and justice is restored to America's Far West.