Der Krieg der Welten

Herbert George Wells

An unnamed eyewitness recounts mysterious cylinders falling near London and a force from Mars emerging with fighting machines and heat-rays. As order collapses and people flee, the narrator struggles to return to his wife, while his brother’s experiences reveal the capital’s chaos. This two-part novel explores survival, civilization’s vulnerability, imperial violence, and the limits of faith in progress.

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