The War in the Air

This thrilling tale is H. G. Wells at his modernist, visionary best. In 1907, a naive Londoner named Bert Smallways finds himself an unwitting passenger on a fleet of German airships heading over the Atlantic to attack New York. What unfolds in characteristically Wellsian fashion is a clash of early flying machines that leaves Gotham in shambles and unleashes the terrible age of Total War. Uncannily relevant to our own era, "The War in the Air" remains a cornerstone of early science fiction.

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) is one of the most celebrated authors of science fiction. His books include The Sleeper Awakes, The Last War, and In the Days of the Comet, also available in Bison Frontiers of Imagination editions.



Dave Duncan is a noted writer of fantasy and science fiction, including such series as The Seventh Sword, The King's Blades, A Handful of Men, The Great Game, and The King's Daggers.