[1] It is the fifth in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille.

During the First World War, Rouletabille is sent behind enemy lines to investigate the whereabouts of a French scientist who has been kidnapped and forced to work on a new super weapon for the German Empire at the Krupp armaments factory.

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