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The Victorian War of the Worlds: Six Books, One Invasion

1898: as Martian tripods lay waste to Victorian Britain, the fate of the nation is witnessed through those who fought, endured, and survived.

Each volume takes a different vantage on the same catastrophe: the Royal Navy at sea, a village militia, a lone waker, gathered survivor testimonies, the first organised resistance, and the rebuilding of a shattered world. The books are best read in order, though each stands on its own. This is a respectful pastiche of H. G. Wells, not fan fiction. It is a saga told in the measured voice of a fading empire.

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Cover of The Last Days of Thunder Child by C. A. Powell

The Last Days of Thunder Child

Royal Navy ironclad crew face the Martian invasion from the sea.

1898: as strange cylinders fall upon England and towering Martian tripods lay waste to Victorian Britain, the fate of the nation is witnessed from two vantage points. Aboard the ironclad H.M.S. Thunder Child, officers and seamen of the Royal Navy prepare to face an enemy beyond human understanding. Sea and shore are drawn together as invasion becomes annihilation, and duty demands the ultimate sacrifice. A respectful pastiche of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, told in the measured voice of a fading empire at the brink of extinction.

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The Last Days of Chivalry and Entitlement

A Dorsetshire village militia defends a railway station.

1898: as Martian tripods advance and Britain collapses into chaos, a quiet Dorsetshire village faces the coming invasion. Smoke rises from ruined coastal towns and the last trains carry away women and children. Too old to flee and unwilling to yield, the remaining villagers form a citizens' militia, arming themselves with three field guns and a fierce sense of duty, resolving to defend the railway station at all costs.

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The Last Days of the Wake Men

The Martians Invade the Victorian Fenland.

1898: as Martian war machines continue their relentless advance across England, a man awakens from a long slumber to find his world utterly transformed, the familiar streets of Victorian Britain now a wasteland of ash and ruin. This instalment lays bare the human cost of the invasion through the eyes of one ordinary man navigating an extraordinary apocalypse.

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The Last Days of the Fighting Machine

The Martian Apocalypse of Victorian Britain.

1898: scattered across a devastated England, survivors cling to hope amidst the ruins of civilisation. This chapter is a mosaic of accounts, diaries, letters, and testimonies, painting a portrait of humanity under siege, forming a tapestry of courage and despair in the shadow of the Martian occupation.

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The Last Days of Purgatory

Our Lady of Martian Slayers.

1898: the red weed spreads across the land, choking rivers and consuming the countryside as the Martian grip on Earth tightens. But whispers of resistance grow louder, as survivors of the initial onslaught begin to organise, daring to believe humanity might yet endure. A story of resilience, sacrifice, and the indomitable human spirit.

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The Last Days of the Four Horsemen

The Fighting Machines enter Victorian Scotland.

1898: the Martians are gone, but the world they leave behind is shattered beyond recognition. Survivors face the daunting challenge of rebuilding civilisation from the ashes. A powerful and moving finale to the Victorian War of the Worlds saga, asking what it means to be human when everything you knew has been destroyed.

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