A mysterious captain assembles a ship and crew for a secret and dangerous voyage.

An engineer returns to a depleted coal mine at an old friend’s request and investigates mysterious happenings.

A group of colonists attempt to settle in the Arctic Circle.

An ex-slave trader with an encrypted note schemes about its meaning, while a man with a secret past travels with his family down the Amazon in a giant raft to attend his daughter’s wedding.

Five Americans, balloon-wrecked on a deserted island, must find a way to survive while revealing the island’s strange mysteries.

A Parisian news reporter is assigned to travel across Asia by train and report on the sights, experiences, and interesting characters along the way.

A record of the ill-fated voyage of the Chancellor as told by one of the passengers.

The wife of a lost fisherman finds his last message to her: a lottery ticket in a bottle.

The North Pole is auctioned off, and the winning team undertakes a scientific experiment to ameliorate the local climate.

A Gothic tale of chivalry, romance, and horror.

An orphan raised by his aunt and uncle struggles as a young man to integrate into upper class society after receiving a substantial inheritance from his grandfather.

A middle-aged man in early Edwardian England finds himself despairing at his failed business and marriage, and takes a drastic step to escape—with unexpected results.