# Facing the Flag — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Facing the Flag by Jules Verne.

- [Healthful House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/i-healthful-house.md): The chapter introduces Thomas Roch, a brilliant but mentally unstable French inventor who has created a powerful explosive device called the 'fulgurator.' Due to his mental alienation and exorbitant demands, he has been 
- [Count d'Artigas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/ii-count-d-artigas.md): Count d'Artigas, accompanied by Captain Spade, visits Healthful House under the pretense of curiosity about the institution, but his true motive is to observe Thomas Roch, the mad French inventor. During the tour, the di
- [III: Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/iii-kidnapped.md): Count d'Artigas and Captain Spade finalize their plan to kidnap Thomas Roch and his warder Gaydon from Healthful House. Spade has stolen the key to a rear door and unbolted it earlier. That night, he leads five sailors t
- [The Schooner Ebba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/iv-the-schooner-ebba.md): The Ebba prepares to depart from New-Berne as alarm guns signal the discovery of Thomas Roch and Gaydon's disappearance from Healthful House. A boarding party from the cruiser Falcon searches the schooner thoroughly, but
- [V: Where Am I?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/v-where-am-i.md): Simon Hart, still disguised as warder Gaydon, awakens in a dark, metallic cell after being kidnapped alongside Thomas Roch. He deduces they are aboard a vessel with an unusual propulsion system, lacking typical engine no

> 13 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=facing_the_flag_se_910kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [On Deck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/vi-on-deck.md)
- [Two Days at Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/vii-two-days-at-sea.md)
- [Back Cup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/viii-back-cup.md)
- [Inside Back Cup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/ix-inside-back-cup.md)
- [X: Ker Karraje](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/x-ker-karraje.md)
- [XI: Five Weeks in Back Cup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xi-five-weeks-in-back-cup.md)
- [Engineer Serko's Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xii-engineer-serko-s-advice.md)
- [God Be with It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xiii-god-be-with-it.md)
- [Battle Between the Sword and the Tug](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xiv-battle-between-the-sword-and-the-tug.md)
- [XV: Expectation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xv-expectation.md)
- [Only a Few More Hours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xvi-only-a-few-more-hours.md)
- [One Against Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xvii-one-against-five.md)
- [On Board the Tonnant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/facing_the_flag_se/chapters/xviii-on-board-the-tonnant.md)

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