Description
This is a Boundary Bay Classics edition of the classic novel Krakatit by Karel Čapek, translated by Lawrence Hyde. The chemist Prokop invents an explosive of unimaginable power, and after the secret of its formula escapes him, he is pursued across a landscape of shadowy governments, secret agents, and revolutionary conspirators all desperate to control it, even as he is consumed by a feverish, obsessive love. Blending scientific speculation with delirious psychological intensity, the 1924 novel anticipates the destructive potential of atomic weapons two decades before their invention, and stands as a key early work by the writer who coined the word "robot" in his play R.U.R.
