The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Second book narrating the adventures of the Professor Challenger started in the classic The lost world by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The team of explorers from The Lost World reunites to face the end of the world in this adventure by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

Prof. George Challenger has made a troubling discovery: The Earth is about to pass through a belt of poisonous gas. He quickly summons his three friends—Professors Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and Edward Malone—to his home in Sussex with a request to bring tanks of oxygen.

Once the men arrive, Professor Challenger leads them and his wife to a sealed room where they can wait out the crisis and observe the chaos outside. But when the poisonous cloud finally dissipates, there is no telling what they will find . . .

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