Wholesale The War of the Worlds & The War in the Air | Wordsworth Book

The War of the Worlds & The War in the Air | H. G. Wells | Wordsworth Book The War of the Worlds & The War in In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilization itself is threatened. The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a metallic cylinder landing from Mars. Six million people begin to flee London in panic as tentacled invaders emerge and overpower the city. With their heat-ray, killing machines, black gas, and a taste for fresh human blood, is there anything that can be done to stop the Martians? In The War in the Air, naïve but resourceful Bert Smallways is thrilled by speed and fascinated by the new flying machines. His curiosity sweeps him away by accident into a German plan to conquer America, beginning with the destruction of New York.