A Journey — To The Center Of The Earth

In the autumn of 1863, Professor Otto Lidenbrock—a man whose volcanic temper matched his towering intellect—discovered a crumbling Icelandic manuscript tucked inside an ancient book from Snorri Sturluson’s Edda. Hidden within the runes was a coded message. After three sleepless days, his nephew Axel cracked the cipher: “Descend into the crater of Snæfellsjökull, before the Kalends of July, bold traveler, and you shall reach the center of the Earth. I have done this. —Arne Saknussemm”

A solid metal ball as hot as the surface of the sun. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth