Facing the Flag
by Jules Verne
Like Verne's Begoum of Millions, it is a threat that France and the entire world are threatened with superweapons (something that can now be called weapons of mass destruction) and eventually overcome the power of French patriotism. It can be considered one of the first books on problems, which will become very important half a century after its publication: brilliant scientists who discovered a new weapon with great destructive power, the full use of which could literally destroy the world; competition between different states for control over such weapons; as well as the efforts of ruthless non-state groups to have it. (source: Wikipedia)
