It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on always
watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted
from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The
Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared.So when the signs of launches on
Mars are seen there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man Walter Jenkins
the narrator of Wells' book. He is sure that the Martians have learned adapted understood
their defeat.He is right.Thrust into the chaos of a new invasion a journalist - sister-in-law
to Walter Jenkins - must survive escape and report on the war.The Massacre of Mankind has
begun
