Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purple_Cloud

Release date is 2004-02-01

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"The Purple Cloud" by M. P. Shiel is an apocalyptic novel published in 1901. Adam Jeffson joins a polar expedition and discovers a mysterious purple cloud that brings death across the globe. As seemingly the last man alive, he descends into madness, burning cities and building a colossal palace to himself. Years later, he encounters a young woman who survived in a cellar, forcing him to confront the future of humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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