The Crack of Doom

Robert Cromie (1856-1907) was a Northern Irish writer and journalist born in Clough, Co. Down. He is most well-known for his science fiction novel A Plunge into Space (1890), which received high praise from Jules Verne who wrote a preface for the second edition. His other works include: For Englands Sake (1888), The Crack of Doom (1895), The Next Crusade (1896), The Kings Oak and Other Stories (1898), The Lost Liner (1899), Kittys Victoria Cross (1901), A New Messiah (1901), The Shadow of the Cross (1902), The Romance of Poisons (1903), From the Cliffs of Croaghaun (1904) and El Dorado (1904).