Jules Verne
Le pilote du Danube
"Le pilote du Danube" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1908. After winning a fishing competition, Hungarian master fisherman Ilia Brusch embarks on an audacious challenge: traveling 3,000 kilometers along the Danube, surviving only on his catch. But when his stops mysteriously coincide with a series of crimes—murders and robberies plaguing the heart of Europe—police chief Karl Dragoch becomes determined to uncover the truth about this enigmatic captain and his vessel.