Jules Verne 
The master of the World 

Master of the World, published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. It is a sequel to Robur the Conqueror. At the time Verne wrote the novel, his health was failing. Master of the World is a "black novel, " filled with foreboding and fear of the rise of tyrants such as the novel's villain, Robur, and totalitarianism.