<p>First published in 1891 <em>The Goddess of Atvatabar</em> is a hollow Earth novel in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar novels. Or rather<em>Pellucidar</em> is in the tradition of <em>The Goddess of Atvatabar</em> since Goddess was written 20 years earlier!</p><p>Lexington White upon inheriting the wealth of his rich father wants to use his new-found fortune to become the first explorer to reach the North Pole. He sets forth with his hired crew on the <em>Polar King</em> a massive steam ship. But instead of reaching their destination they sail through an opening in the polar region and discover a vast new world inside the hollow Earth.</p><p>There in the utopian country of Atvatabar where the people strive to perfect both body and spirit Lexington falls in love with a celibate living goddess and in doing so ignites a religious revolution that sparks an all-out civil war putting the interior world in danger.</p><p>Filled with adventure philosophical reflection romance and sprawling sea and aerial battles <em>The Goddess of Atvatabar</em> is a classic of late 19th-century Utopian fantasy literature.</p>