The Purple Cloud
by M. P. Shiel
“He conquered the world's end, only to find he was the only one left to see it.”
After becoming the first man to conquer the North Pole, Adam Jeffson returns to a world blanketed in a lethal, shimmering mist that has silenced civilization forever. Navigating a haunting landscape of empty cities and absolute solitude, he must confront the chilling reality of being the last human being alive.
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