The Poison Belt Just returned from his famous adventure in the Lost World, the resourceful Professor George Challenger faces his greatest danger yet: Earth will pass through a belt of poisonous ether, and mankind might not survive. The Disintegration Machine Professor Challenger accompanies his young friend Malone, a reporter for the Gazette, to inspect the discovery of Theodore Nemor, who claims to have invented a machine capable of disintegrating objects. When the World Screamed Professor Challenger, Mr Edward Malone and Mr Peerless Jones, drill a shaft deep into the earth, convinced that the mantle, is a sentient being. After they awaken the giant creature . . .