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Cylinders from Mars crash-land in the English countryside, unleashing towering tripods equipped with heat rays that devastate everything in their path. As the military crumbles before the alien onslaught, one man struggles to survive in a landscape reduced to ash and ruin. It is the ultimate story of invasion, highlighting human fragility in the face of a superior, indifferent force.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length6 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK ONE THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
2I. THE EVE OF THE WAR.
3II. THE FALLING STAR.
4III. ON HORSELL COMMON.
5IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS.
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6V. THE HEAT-RAY.
7VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.
8VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
9VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT.
10IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.
11X. IN THE STORM.
12XI. AT THE WINDOW.
13XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.
14XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.
15XIV. IN LONDON.
16XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY.
17XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.
18XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”.
19BOOK TWO THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS.
20I. UNDER FOOT.
21II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE.
22III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT.
23IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE.
24V. THE STILLNESS.
25VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS.
26VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.
27VIII. DEAD LONDON.
28IX. WRECKAGE.
29X. THE EPILOGUE.
30IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER