Издания и произведения

С марсианского вторжения прошло четырнадцать лет. Человечество наблюдает за небом, но вполне уверено в своих силах, полагаясь на военный прогресс и заимствованные марсианские технологии. Враг уязвим для земных вирусов. Армии готовы и ждут повторного вторжения. Лишь единицы полагают, что наученные поражением марсиане теперь сумеют адаптироваться к земным реалиям. И они оказались правы. Марсиане высадились — и избиение человечества началось.

A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells expert Stephen Baxter 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…

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 -…