The Poison Belt
Author | : Arthur Conan Doyle |
Publisher | : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2021-10-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783985949595 |
ISBN-13 | : 398594959X |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Poison Belt written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle - The Poison Belt, a novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is remarkable in that we, with the central characters, are permitted to witness what seems to be a global apocalypse, while enduring only minimal emotional fall out. Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D. Malone) to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him. The mysterious substance suddenly becomes a deadly threat as the Earth passes through a belt in the ether, a belt of poisonous ether. To Professor Challenger it is clear that no animal or human life can possibly survive this encounter. Shutting themselves tightly up in Challengers house, they start to consider what may be done. But as their countrymen start to drop, will their oxygen last long enough to determine and implement a solution?