The River Nile is not to be explored by the young and inexperienced, a harsh lesson learned by a two young unfortunate British nobles. Taken for ransom, their broken-hearted father's only hope rests in America's most eminent inventor, Frank Reade Junior, and his unequalled Air-Ship. Can the favorite son of Readestown enact a rescue before it's too late, or will their old father's fears come true and never again see them alive?In this classic 1885 science fiction tale, Cuban-American author Luis Senarens brings us another thrilling adventure of the 19th Century's most daring kid inventor, boy genius Frank Reade Junior!