The Crack of Doom

An early scientific romance in which knowledge itself becomes a weapon, and a fanatic threatens to unmake the world.

At a glance A prophetic Victorian thriller haunting in its vision of destruction on a cosmic scale. Long before the atomic age, a handful of Victorian writers glimpsed the terrible power… The Crack of Doom is one of the most striking of these early scientific romances… What it's about This is a scientific romance in the tradition that gave us Wells and…

This is a scientific romance in the tradition that gave us Wells and Verne, built around a menace born of advanced knowledge rather than mere villainy.