An extraordinary book... There is nothing as rare as the chance to take an impossible journey, and to believe it so powerfully that we wonder if we will make it out alive. That's magic. And that's Verne's gift' Michael Crichton, Daily Telegraph After decoding a scrap of paper ¡n runic script, the intrepid Professor Lidenbrock and his nervous nephew Axel travel across Iceland to find the secret passage to the centre of the earth. Enlisting the silent Hans as a guide, the trio encounter a perilous and astonishing subterranean world of natural hazards, prehistoric beasts and sea monsters. Will they make it out alive?