Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 282 Cromie, Robert 1856 1907 The Crack of Doom Produced by David Clarke, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Crack of Doom" by Robert Cromie is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers on Arthur Marcel, a British traveler who meets the enigmatic Herbert Brande during a sea voyage. As Marcel becomes embroiled in Brande's mysterious society, he finds himself drawn to Brande's sister, Natalie, and grapples with the implications of their association with a group that seems to hold sinister secrets about the nature of the universe and the fate of mankind. The opening of the book introduces us to Arthur Marcel, who, while on a ship heading for Queenstown, encounters Herbert Brande, whose cynical views on the universe spark a profound conversation. Their meeting hints at deeper themes as Marcel learns about Brande's newly formed "Cui Bono Society." The narrative quickly shifts towards Marcel's obsession with Brande's sister, Natalie, and the peculiar elegance of her character, which contrasts sharply with her brother's cold rationalism. Tension grows as the plot establishes the society's unsettling aims, presenting a tantalizing blend of romance, scientific intrigue, and existential dread. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Paranormal fiction Nuclear explosions -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 306643 2025-06-11T05:57:49.915043 text/html 307766 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 113744 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187192 2025-06-11T05:57:57.878530 application/epub+zip 188650 2025-06-11T05:57:52.185547 application/epub+zip 188651 2025-06-11T05:57:50.785545 application/epub+zip 347361 2025-06-11T05:58:02.066508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321021 2025-06-11T05:57:56.935506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296230 2022-09-12T10:11:45.129137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268806 2025-06-11T05:57:49.087046 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268651 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105493 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 268652 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105452 2021-01-04T02:46:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20687 2025-06-11T05:58:02.220501 application/rdf+xml 11943 2025-06-11T05:57:51.352547 image/jpeg 3336 2025-06-11T05:57:51.069542 image/jpeg 174233 2025-06-11T05:57:49.942043 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia