The Second Deluge

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The Second Deluge

by Garrett Putman Serviss

EN·~8 hours

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A brilliant but reclusive scientist, whose mind whirls like the gears of his cluttered workshop, spends his days buried in equations, globes and arcane diagrams. Surrounded by towering shelves of dusty tomes and walls plastered with celestial photographs, he feverishly pieces together a pattern that hints at a looming catastrophe—what he dubs the “Second Deluge.” His breakthrough comes when a strange nebular image, captured in an old photograph, seems to echo the very forces that could reshape the world.

The narrative follows his desperate race to convince a skeptical world that a new flood of unimaginable scale is imminent. As he battles bureaucracy, doubt, and his own obsession, listeners are drawn into a tense blend of hard‑won science, looming disaster, and human drama. The story asks whether knowledge alone can avert a fate written in the stars, keeping you on edge as the first act unfolds.

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (509K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-10-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Garrett Putman Serviss

Garrett Putman Serviss

1851–1929

A newspaper science writer turned astronomy popularizer, he helped everyday readers imagine the planets, comets, and the wider universe at a time when modern space science was still taking shape. He is also remembered for early science fiction that blended scientific curiosity with adventurous storytelling.

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