Comet Doom
Author: first_name: Edmond
last_name: Hamilton
Language: English
Year: 1928

DESTINY.  We know, now. Destiny, from the first.  Out in the depths of space the colossal conspiracy came into being.  Across the miles and years, it sped toward its climax. Flashed toward our earth, toward that last supreme moment when a world stood at the edge of doom. Then — fate spoke. - Summary by Edmond Hamilton, opening paragraph of The Comet Doom