The poison belt Author:Doyle, Srthur Conan Professor Challenger imperiously summons his three best friends to come to his country house, each one to bring a cylinder of pure oxygen. When they arrive, the reason for this strange request becomes terrifyingly clear, Professor has become convinced that the earth is entering a poison belt of ether & that life upon this planet is doomed. — In a... more » sealed room, to the sound of the slow hiss of escaping oxygen, the professor & his friends wait out the night as humanity prepares to meet its fate,« less