The Martians come to Earth from Mars with deadly heat-rays and giant fighting machines, wanting to conquer Earth and keep humans as slaves. Nothing seems able to stop the Martians as they spread terror and death across the planet, starting the most important war in Earth's history. The document is an excerpt from H.G. Wells' science fiction novel "War of the Worlds", describing the Martian invasion of Earth.

1. War
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
of the Worlds
They came from outer space---Mars, to be exact.
With deadly heat-rays and giant fighting
machines they want to conquer Earth and keep
humans as their slaves.
Nothing seems to stop them as they spread terror
And death across the planet. It is the start of the
Most important war in Earth’s history.
H.G. Wells
And Earth will never be the same.
Not able to complete the requirements for his degree at
Normal School of Science in London, England, author
H.G. Wells found himself moving into his Aunt and
Wells
Uncle Wells’ house in London. Also living there was his
cousin, Isabel Mary, whom he married in 1891.
His marriage to her lasted four years, and ended when
Wells left her for one of the students he was tutoring at
his uncle’s school. Her name was Amy Catherine Robbins
and they were married in 1895. He had two sons with
her: George Philip and Frank Richard.
Some of H.G. Wells’ other works published around the same time as
War of the Worlds are: The Time Machine (1895), The Wonderful Visit (1895),
The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll (1896), The Island of Doctor
Moreau (1896) & The Invisible Man (1897).