Jules Verne is discouraged and just quit his novel Two Yearsâ?? Vacation. The main characters of the story are stranded on an island in the Pacific, where time has stopped and winter drags on forever. Tired and desperate because the story will not get moving, Briant and Doniphan decide to explore what lies beyond the dark abyss interrupting their adventure and land in the writerâ??s study. Who says that destiny is written out beforehand?