<DIV><I>Magellania</I>—the region around the Strait of Magellan—is the home of Kaw-djer, a mysterious man of Western origin whom the indigenous people consider a demigod. A man whose motto is “Neither God nor master,” he has shunned Western civilization and its hypocrisies in order to live peacefully on an island claimed by no one. But when a storm strands a thousand immigrants on his island and they ask him to be the leader of their colony, Kaw-djer must decide whether to help them live and prosper in this foreign land at the end of the world or leave them to their fate.<BR></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Jules Verne penned <I>Magellania</I> in 1897, following the death of his brother and at a time when his own health was beginning to fail. Originally titled <I>Land of Fire</I> and <I>At the End of the World</I>, <I>Magellania</I> was intended to reflect Verne’s deeply held religious and political beliefs as well as examine his own mortality.<br></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>This first English translation of the original manuscript shows <I>Magellania </I>to be a unique, forceful novel that widens the scope of Verne’s literary legacy.</DIV><DIV><I><BR></I> </DIV>