At the dawn of the twenti eth century, the most signi? cant event in human history has come to pass. Contact from an alien planet has been achieved. Rocket capsules ? red from the surface of Mars have crashed into the southern English countryside. But what should be a moment of scienti ? c curiosity and wonderful ? rst contact between two alien worlds turns instead into disaster. The annihilati ve weapons of the Marti ans leave no doubt whatsoever about the nature of the alien contact  an outright invasion of Earth. In the midst of the chaos and devastati on, one man makes a desperate att empt to save himself and make his way back to his family. Follow his account of the incredible events he encounters in Camp? res vivid adaptati on of H G Wellss masterpiece, The War of the Worlds.