Keraban is determined not to pay the tax required to cross the Bosphorus by boat, so he journeys by land around the Black Sea. There is a fundamental mistake in dividing Verne's works into science fiction vs. non-science fiction - in Verne's work there is an all-encompassing vision of science, progress, society and political struggles, which it is not convenient to compartmentalize. | Keraban the Inflexible by JULES VERNE, Paperback | Indigo Chapters