* This 72-page graphic novel has been adapted and abridged from the original novel by writer Ian Edginton and artist D'Israeli-the creative team behind Scarlet Traces, the critically acclaimed sequel to Wells' novel and the eagerly anticipated series Scarlet Traces: The Great Game. Told from the point of view of an ordinary man caught up in the carnage and chaos, we witness firsthand how the then-greatest empire in the world is brought to its knees by the Martians'cool alien intellect and the implacable heat ray! First published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to. The novel was written during a period of great political instability in Europe, which was all the more terrifying for a visionary like Wells, who likely concluded that the Industrial Revolution would give rise to terrible weaponry that one state would then use against another to achieve dominance. In the closing years of the nineteenth century, the genteel tranquility of Victorian England is shattered by the arrival of an invasion force from the red planet-Mars! Methodical and merciless, the Martians are intent on nothing less than the conquest and subjugation of the human race. One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel. Wells.ĭark Horse Comics is proud to present Ian Edginton and D'Israeli's adaptation of the most famous science fiction novel of all time- The War of the Worlds! From the pen of legendary science fiction author and futurist, H.
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