In the closing days of the Civil War, a Confederate ship loaded with gold fled New Orleans to escape the advancing Union army. Alas, the treasure was lost at the bottom of the Red River, never to be seen again. But the Governor of Louisiana has a bold new plan: recruit the greatest inventor of the age, Frank Reade Junior, who no doubt will succeed where all other treasure hunters have failed!

In this classic 1884 science fiction tale, Cuban-American author Luis Senarens brings us another thrilling adventure of the 19th Century's most daring kid inventor, boy genius Frank Reade Junior!