"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one..." Before man had even learned the secret of powered flight, humanity finds itself in a desperate battle for survival against a merciless alien foe, intent upon wiping man from the face of the Earth. These invaders from Mars have no pity, no remorse. They cannot be bargained with and man has little hope of victory in battle. The Martian War Machines are almost invincible... surely this War of the Worlds can only mean the end of humanity.

19世紀末、英国の町に隕石のようなものが落下した。墜落現場では巨大な円筒状の物体と中から得体の知れない醜悪な生き物が現れた。やがてそれは英国全土を巻きこんだ冷酷非道な侵略戦争へと広がってゆく...。支配する者とされる者の関係を描き、SFのひとつの原型を創ったH.G.ウェルズの不朽の名作。