Note: Title translates as "Captain Spéirling and the Planet That Exploded"

Synopsis: "In the year 2007, Professor Ó Glarcáin discovers that the planet Mercury ('Mercurius') is about to explode, causing massive loss of life on Earth. The United Nations scramble to prepare themselves for the event, constructing underground shelters and evacuating regions likely to suffer catastrophic habitat change (for example, the Sahara Desert, as well as Holland, Belgium and parts of Ireland and Australia will be drowned). Meanwhile, a mysterious alien race known as "The People of the Light" (who evolved within the nucleus of the star, Sirius) have arrived in our planetary system to establish a colony. Upon realisingthat their first choice (Mercury) is about to explode, they set their sights on Terra; they hover over our world until the catastrophe passes, and then attempt to insert Earth into Mercury's now-vacant orbital path. They are foiled by Professor Ó Glarcáinand Captain Spéirling, and thereafter Earth enjoys a much sunnier climate than it did previouly." —Jack Fennell