# The Works of H. G. Wells (Atlantic Edition)/In the Days of the Comet

IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
"The World's Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream."
CONTENTS
* PROLOGUE
* The Man Who Wrote in the Tower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* BOOK THE FIRST
* THE COMET
* Chapter the First
* Dust in the Shadows................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* Chapter the Second
* Nettie................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* Chapter the Third
* The Revolver................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
* Chapter the Fourth
* War................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130
* Chapter the Fifth
* The Pursuit of the Two Lovers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................157
* BOOK THE SECOND
* THE GREEN VAPORS
* Chapter the First
* The Change................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................189
* Chapter the Second
* The Awakening................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................215
* The Cabinet Council................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................237
* BOOK THE THIRD
* THE NEW WORLD
* PAGE
* Chapter the First
* Love After the Change................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................257
* Chapter the Second
* My Mother's Last Days................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................285
* Chapter the Third
* Beltane and New Year's Eve................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................300
* THE EPILOGUE
* The Window of the Tower................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................317