Follow up

A good listen and a sequel to the war of the worlds also set in the USA ,waiting for next book in the series.

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The Mother of Invention.

The first Martian landing in the opening years of the twentieth century took the world by surprise and was defeated only by the invaders falling prey to man's diseases. When the Martians came again, four years later, Earth needed to be better prepared.
Breakthrough continues the story of an alternative history, of the world of 1909 fighting for survival against their formidable attackers, an account which began in the book, Invasion. Following the lives and creative processes of fictional and historic characters, such as Roosevelt, Edison and Tesla, the action is fast, creative and has a realistic feel as new weapons, good and not so effective, are invented and thrown at the Invaders. Cleverly, the point of view, whilst mainly from the perspective of the defenders, is also given periodically from that of the Martians themselves, and their problems and fears, which takes the book beyond the simple "YeeHa!" of success.

Ray Greenley's narration helps carry the whole book forward clearly and with alacrity. His pleasant voice is well modulated, carrying conviction and understanding of the text. His voicings of the various protagonists, human and Martian, is more distinctive than in the first book and each feels appropriate and distinctive: the slightly mechanical Martian conversations are especially well done. The narration definitely adds depth to the story.

Overall, an enjoyable story and, unusually, better than the first in the series. Good fun (especially the portraits of the non fictional characters) as well as a good action thriller. Recommended to all Science fiction fans, especially those with a slight steam punk bent.

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Great second book!

I really thought that this book took the main idea and just knocked it back into space. I have no idea who is going to win this... is there a book 3, I hope so. Because there were a few things that I really needed some answers too.

There were several things I enjoyed through-out the book, and being back with Telsa is one of them, he's such a quirky character and he's fun to follow. The build up of the Martians to humans in the first book aided here, because I thought that the balance now from the human side starts to make us wonder if and who is in the right. I'm not sure.

The action scenes in here will knock your socks off there's a great sense of humour from the characters as they discover what the weapons can do for them, and I my fav scene involves a ray gun, I mean who hasn't pretended to use one of these when rpg'ing as a kid! My fav show was V and ray guns were it.

The author nailed the continued story ideas I'm sure of HG Wells, and where they could have gone, this is an excellent series and I really look forward to more.

Ray, performs as great as ever, his deeper tone to his voice adds in a rustic olde world quality which matches the original tone to how War of the Wolds might have been. A great performance, and excellent writing. I look forward to the final part in this series, (had to go make sure there really was a book 3, is there? hope so! ) :)

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War of the worlds part 2

I'm a big fan of war of the worlds I love the original so I'm always a little bit sceptical when a book comes along continuing the story.

but I had nothing to fear from this one is a brilliant and believable continuation of the story as a faces off against the Martian menace again.

They are free audio books in this series and I listen to each one back to back and they are more coming I can highly recommend them

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It’s more of the same

If you listened to part one you are getting more of the same, an American early 20th century twist on HGWell’s original... just voiced by the characters from Southpark!

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