Through Space to Mars; Or, the Longest Journey on Record

"Through Space to Mars; Or, the Longest Journey on Record" by Roy Rockwood details the exciting adventure of Jack Darrow and Mark Sampson, two bright college students with dreams as big as the cosmos. These young inventors, studying at the Universal Electrical and Chemical College, find their ordinary lives disrupted by a telegram calling them home to their guardian, Professor Henderson, where they meet the enigmatic Mr. Santell Roumann and hear an unbelievable proposition: a trip to Mars using a groundbreaking projectile, harnessing the power of a substance called "Etherium." As they gear up for this incredible voyage, the boys face unforeseen obstacles, none more pressing than the theft of essential equipment, setting the scene for an out-of-this-world journey filled with scientific promise and potential peril.