
In the quiet years before the twentieth century, humanity goes about its daily affairs, blissfully unaware that distant eyes are watching from a dying world. On a cold, ancient Mars, an intelligent race, hardened by centuries of scarcity, scans the blue planet as a hopeful oasis. Their meticulous plans for conquest begin to take shape, turning speculative curiosity into a looming threat.
When the first strange cylinders pierce the English sky, panic spreads across towns and cities, and ordinary people are thrust into an extraordinary crisis. As the alien machines unleash an unfamiliar terror, the story follows a handful of survivors who must confront both the invaders and their own fears. Their struggle offers a stark look at resilience, ingenuity, and the fragile certainty of a world that thought it was safe.
Language
fr
Duration
~6 hours (399K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Claudine Corbasson, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2019-11-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1866–1946
Best known for imagining time travel, alien invasion, and invisible men, this pioneering English writer helped shape modern science fiction. His stories are thrilling on the surface, but they also question class, power, progress, and the future of humanity.
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