The Crack of Doom
By Robert Cromie
Cover: The Great Day of His Wrath (1851-53), oil on canvas by John Martin (1789-1854) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1854)
A brilliant scientist's discovery of how to release the energy locked in matter puts the world at the mercy of a madman, and a young pair race to stop him. Robert Cromie's 1895 novel is an early science thriller.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: The Universe a Mistake!
- 2: A Strange Experiment
- 3: "It Is Good to Be Alive."
- 4: George Delany--Deceased
- 5: The Murder Club
- 6: A Telepathic Telegram
- 7: Chapter 7
- 8: The Woking Mystery
- 9: Cui Bono?
- 10: Force--a Remedy
- 11: Morituri Te Salutant
- 12: "No Death--Save in Life."
- 13: Miss Metford's Plan
- 14: Rockingham to the Sharks
- 15: "If Not Too Late!"
- 16: L5000 to Detain the Ship
- 17: "This Earth Shall Die."
- 18: The Flight
- 19: The Catastrophe
- 20: Chapter 20