 First cover to the novel War of the Worlds: New Millennium by Douglas Niles. | |
| Author | Douglas Niles |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Julie Bell |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | June 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 332 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-7653-1142-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 57692736 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3564.I375 W36 2005 |
War of the Worlds: New Millennium is a science fiction novel by Douglas Niles, released in 2005 by Tor Books.
After the most recent uncrewed mission to Mars inexplicably fails, interest in the Red Planet is still high. The whole world watches as a bright spot of light appears daily on the Martian surface. As they continue, theories abound about what is causing it. Telescopes pick up movement in space: something came from Mars and is headed towards Earth.
As explained in the Author's Note [1] of the novel, H. G. Wells wrote the original 1897 The War of the Worlds prior to any modern military conflict (such as World War I or World War II). This novel is the Martian invasion of Earth in 2005, in effect updating the Martians and the military’s actual and doctrinal responses.
- ^ Niles, Douglas (June 2005). War of the Worlds: New Millennium (1st ed.). Tor books. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-7653-1142-9.