Name: The Poison Belt (in English)
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Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
ISBN: 9781680572759

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher

Wordfire Press

Language

English

Pages

140

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN13

9781680572759

Synopsis "The Poison Belt (in English)"

From the creator of Sherlock Holmes, The Poison Belt is the second adventure featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest scientist hero.Professor Challenger returns from the Lost World-to face a cosmic peril that may wipe out all life on Earth!Professor Challenger, the intrepid curmudgeon first introduced in The Lost World, discovers that the Earth is hurtling toward a belt of poisonous gas that may exterminate the human race. He sends an urgent summons to three companions, survivors from his astonishing dinosaur expedition in South America. And he gives them one alarming command-"Bring oxygen."Locked together in a sealed room, breathing canisters of oxygen, Professor Challenger, Edward Malone, Lord John Roxton, and Professor Summerlee watch the outside world go mad. Earth careens into the poison belt. People collapse in their tracks, unmonitored machines run amok ... and civilization dies before their eyes.And their oxygen is running out...

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (UK 1859-1930) Escritor y médico nacido en Escocia, principalmente conocido por haber creado al famosísimo personaje Sherlock Holmes, el detective más conocido de todos los tiempos, versionado para TV y cine de forma cíclica. Otra gran serie de novelas confeccionadas por Doyle fueron las protagonizadas por el profesor Challenger (El Mundo Perdido), también trasladadas a la ficción audiovisual.

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