The Poison Belt
by Arthur Conan Doyle
1913
ISBN/ASIN: B00475ASYM
Number of pages: 272
Description:
Professor Challenger, his wife, journalist Malone and adventurer Roxton have gathered with oxygen canisters to watch the final hours of the world. As a poisonous miasma apparently asphyxiates the human race, Malone feverishly writes his copy. More than just SF, this is Conan Doyle's post-First World War message of hope.
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