Garrett P Serviss

The Second Deluge Garrett P Serviss

The story of a second deluge. The main character is an eccentric and wealthy scientist who predicts the coming of a new deluge due to Earth passing through a nebula. While people first laugh at him when he starts building a new ark, soon enough the rain starts and does not stop. The world drowns, and few people remain, but our hero protagonist has miscalculated still, and the whole situation is not quite as bad as he thought. This book gets points for trying to trace the realistic consequences of someone trying to convince the world about a new deluge, and loses it when the president of the US and the king of Britain become protagonists. Oh, and then there is of course the hidden message in the Sphinx. Kind of slow-moving scientifiction story. Mostly for people who are interested in the genre.