The War of the Worlds is a multi-faceted series, based on the stories of H.G. Wells, and set in present-day Europe. When astronomers detect a transmission from another star system, it is definitive proof of extraterrestrial intelligent life. The people of the world wait with bated breath for further contact. They don't have to wait long. In a matter of days, humanity has been nearly wiped out; only a small fraction of humanity remains on an eerie, desolate world. When alien craft appear in the sky, the survivors ask a pressing question - who are these attackers, and why are they so bent on our destruction? This is a story about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances - but they are more than just victims in a brutal war. Because, as we will come to realize, the savage alien attack on Earth is not arbitrary: its seeds are being sown before our eyes.