The Poison Belt

1913

Conan Doyle's 1913 scientific romance, the second Professor Challenger story: the Earth passes into a belt of poisoned ether, and Challenger gathers his Lost World companions in a sealed room to watch what looks like the end of the world.

Chapter I The Blurring of Lines
Chapter II The Tide of Death
Chapter III Submerged
Chapter IV A Diary of the Dying
Chapter V The Dead World
The Great Awakening