Star Castle 1869: Conquest of Space. Book 1

The comic «Star Castle 1869: Conquest of Space. Volume 1» — is a fantastic story that takes your breath away! The world is full of amazing things and unimaginable possibilities... And there are people who seek ways to its heights,... to the boundless cosmos. Claire Doulac sets out in a hot air balloon to the stratosphere in search of a mysterious energy source, the ether, and disappears. The genius engineer Archibald Doulac is convinced that he has lost his wife forever, but their son named Seraphin still hopes for her return. A year later, they receive a mysterious letter from an unknown sender, stating that Claire kept a ship's log. They are asked to come to a Bavarian castle, where an ambitious young king awaits them, dreaming of flying in a ship powered by ether. However, dangers lurk in the castle, for there are people who will stop at nothing to conquer space.