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In Victorian era England, an eerie green shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars. A crowd gathers on Horsell Common and discover a huge cylinder lodged in a great cater. When the sinister object opens, it becomes horrifyingly apparent the visitors from space have not arrived on earth with friendly intentions. After wiping out the entire crowd with a devastating heat ray, the alien invaders build massive, metal killing machines intent on the extinction of all mankind. We follow a lone journalist's harrowing journey, as he desperately clings onto, not only his own survival, but mankind's itself.
This illustrated edition of The War of the Worlds includes thirty nine powerful and evocative illustrations by Richard Fairlamb.
About the author
H.G.Wells, in full Herbert George Wells, (born September 21st, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England died August 13th, 1946, London), English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds and such comic novels as Tono-Rungay and The History of Mr. Polly. Today, Wells is best known as "the Father of Science Fiction." Well's fantastical tales continue to fascinate audiences. Several of his works have returned to the big screen in recent years. A remake of War of the Worlds (2005) featured Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning as two of the humans fighting the alien invasion.
