The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [1979 PAPERBACK]

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1979] SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICES

Book is in excellent condition; like new.   Rare cover. 

'For countless centuries Mars has been the star of war'

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common near London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilization is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.