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the poison belt
summoned by their eccentric friend professor challenger edward malone professor summerlee and lord john ruxton travel to challengers country estate bringing with them at the behest of their host several canisters of oxygen . as the journey progresses malone recounts tales of strange goings on around the world and the behavior of all three men grows increasingly erratic . reaching a pinnacle of bafflement they arrive at the house of the outlandish professor and are regaled with an eccentric theory involving their experiences and an apparent impending apocalypse . a dramatic departure from conan doyles well loved detective fiction this is an engaging work of science fiction that provides a valuable glimpse of the authors incredible creative range .
paperback hesperus press 2009 isbn13 9781843911821 isbn10 1843911825
abridged n isbn 13 9781843911821 number in series 1 number of pages 98 publisher hesperus press release date 62135769600000 series title hesperus modern voices