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  • Published: 20 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241387160
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.00

The War of the Worlds




A beautiful new edition of the science-fiction classic, soon to be a major BBC drama

"For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive."

When an alien capsule lands on Horsell Common, Woking, crowds of astonished onlookers gather. But wonder soon turns to terror when the Martians emerge. Armed with deadly heat rays, the aliens begin their conquest of earth. Faced with powers beyond our control, a technology far in advance of our own, and a race of alien invaders which regard us as no more than ants, humankind is challenged like never before.
One man sets out alone to save his family. But with no one to save him, our unnamed hero must also face the struggle for survival across the desolate wasteland that was once his home, while the world trembles under the shadow of the Martian menace.

  • Published: 20 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241387160
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.00

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