Australia remains a largely unexplored island; its endless arid stretches are too inhospitable for even the most daring scientific expedition. Unless some way is devised to overcome the limits of animal and human endurance, the unending heart of Australia will remain a forbidding mystery beyond the reach of science.Can Frank Reade Junior's inventive mind devise a way to conquer the unreachable distances and bring the light of scientific exploration further than it has ever come?In this classic 1886 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!