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The massacre of mankind : a sequel to the war of the worlds by H.G. Wells / Stephen Baxter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown, [2017]Description: 486 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781524760120 (hardback)
  • 1524760129 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 23
Summary: "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"--
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Book Chanute Public Library Adult SciFi / Fantasy Chanute Public Library Adult Books F SF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34316002523108
Book Fort Scott Public Library Adult SciFi / Fantasy Fort Scott Public Library Adult Books S-F Baxt (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35326000407609

"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"--

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