The Wreck of the Titan

Morgan Robertson

Apr 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

A novella of unrequited love, human arrogance, and deadly tragedy that predicted the legendary Titanic disaster…fourteen years before it happened.



In 1898, Morgan Robertson penned The Wreck of the Titan, a love story set aboard the Titan, the most advanced steamship of the age. When the “unsinkable” passenger liner hit an iceberg, nearly all its passengers perished at sea.

On April 15, 1912, the most advanced steamship of its age, the “unsinkable” Titanic, struck an iceberg and was lost to the ocean, becoming forever immortalized as a cultural touchstone.

The similarities between the fact of the Titanic and the fiction of the Titan are more than just name-deep. Both stories tell the tale of real humans faced with an unfathomable disaster, and the hopes of humankind at the turn of a new century.

As the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is remembered, Robertson’s work of fiction gives great insights into the human scope of the tragedy…and the enduring power of love.

Includes a special excerpt from the all-new Titanic thriller, The Titanic Secret, by Jack Steel—Available in stores and online now!

Ratings and reviews

Nice short story, it's interesting how humans can speculate what could become of our greedy inventions, yet we pursue the risk. Glad I read this famous story that "predicted the Titanic tragedy", it read like fiction so you won't confuse any events here with the real thing

I would almost think the White Star Line/ J.P. Morgan and other forces working in the shadows, got the idea from this book. The biggest passenger ship of that time by the name the 'Titan', crosses the Atlantic ocean in April, she is declared 'unsinkable' due do her watertight compartments. But the Titan hits an iceberg, breaks in two and sinks to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. There are only 24 lifeboats for 3000 people on board, only a handful will survive the disaster. The story is nearly identical, it cannot be a coincidence. This was written 14 years before Titanic. Any bells starts to ring?

I haven't read it but I really want to this book was the future of the world in 1912 April 14th 11:40 P.M - 2:20 A.M April 15th 1912 This Is Cursed :O

About the author

Morgan Robertson (1861–1915) is an American author best known for The Wreck of the Titan.