After reading an article proclaiming that a new railroad in India has made it possible to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days, Phileas Fogg makes a £20,000 wager that he can do just that. Alongside his faithful valet Passepartout, a carpetbag full of travelling money, and a carefully laid out itinerary, Fogg sets out on a journey around the world only to quickly discover that his travels do not go as planned. Despite being hindered at every turn,...

In 1852 Melbourne, Australia, young James Martin meets the lovely Miss Eliza Wells. Despite their religious differences, the pair wed, with the hope of someday finding a common faith--a desire that is soon answered by Mormon missionaries who share a message of undeniable truth. Thus begins one family's epic tale of faith in the midst of intolerance, culminating in a journey that will take them around the world in the pursuit of Zion.

When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.