{{Short description|2005 novel by Sesh Heri}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book | name = Wonder of the Worlds | image = Macintosh HD-Users-walterbosley-Documents-LCL-LCL BOOKS-WOW COMIC-WONDER PROMO ART.jpg | caption = | cover_artist = Bob Aul & W Bosley | author = Sesh Heri | country = | language = English | series = | genre = Science fiction | published = Highland, CA: Lost Continent Library, 2005 | media_type = Book | pages = 361 | isbn = 0-9727472-8-1 |isbn_note= <ref>{{cite book|title=Wonder of the Worlds|oclc = 63109406}}</ref> | oclc = 63109406 | preceded_by = | followed_by = Metamorphosis }} '''''Wonder of the Worlds''''' is a novel by Sesh Heri,<ref>{{cite web|last=Farrell|first=Joseph P.|title=Sesh Heri Writing New Book|url=http://gizadeathstar.com/2007/01/sesh-heri-writing-new-book/|work=Giza Death Star|date=9 January 2007|accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref> published 2005 by Lost Continent Library, is the first in a trilogy of novels featuring a fictionalized version of Harry Houdini facing off against a Martian invasion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sesh Heri: Wonder of the Worlds|url=http://www.anomalyradio.com/blog/2009/09/sesh-heri-wonder-of-the-worlds/|work=Anomaly Radio|accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
==Plot introduction== In the first installment, ''Wonder of the Worlds'', Nikola Tesla, Mark Twain and Houdini pursue Martian agents who have stolen a powerful crystal from Tesla at the historically pivotal 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Along for the ride aboard Tesla's airship are other historical figures, reporters Lillie West and George Ade, as well as Kolman Czito, Tesla's assistant.
On the journey to the Red Planet, the adventurers are treated to a hidden history of conflict between the Earth and Mars, as well as Tesla's stunning knowledge of geophysics of the two planets. Upon arrival on Mars, the team pursues the crystal deep into the underground civilization ruled by Kel, the mad emperor determined to subjugate Earth with the power of the crystal.
==Houdini the Spy?== Almost a year after publication of ''Wonder of the Worlds'', the 2006 release of ''The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero'' by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, presents biographical material supporting the theory that Harry Houdini was, indeed, a secret government agent during the years this trilogy takes place.
==Publication== <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|200px|From graphic novel of ''Wonder of the Worlds'' also illustrated by Sesh Heri -->
''Wonder of the Worlds'' By Sesh Heri ({{ISBN|0-9727472-8-1}}) contains illustrations by the author.
==Trilogy== The ''Wonder of the Worlds'' trilogy continues in ''Metamorphosis'' and ''The Lost Pleiad''.
''Wonder of the Worlds'' was featured at the International Tesla Exhibit in Zurich, Switzerland in 2006.
==See also== * Nikola Tesla in popular culture * Mark Twain in popular culture
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==External links== * [http://www.wonderoftheworlds.com Official website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHQxtAWf4s Video of author's discussion of the book] * {{ISFDB title|id=179728}}
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Category:2005 American novels Category:Alternate history novels Category:Novels set on Mars Category:Cultural depictions of Mark Twain Category:Novels set in 1893 Category:Novels set in the 1890s Category:Fiction about the World's Columbian Exposition Category:Cultural depictions of Harry Houdini Category:Cultural depictions of Nikola Tesla Category:Novels about alien invasions
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