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The War in the Air by Wells, H. G.

This classic, full-length novel from H. G. Wells imagines a world of progress stricken by brutal conflict in the sky-written before the actual invention of airplanes. Bert's desire to fly beckons him and combines with implacable fate to sweep him up in a fantastic, dramatic adventure in which he, a pawn of fortune at the center of it all, travels to far lands and distant battles envisioned in The War in the Air.

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Item	405214485659
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Condition	Brand New
EAN	9781680570878
UPC	9781680570878
ISBN	9781680570878
Item Length	22.9 cm
Publication Year	2020
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Book Title	The War in the Air
Item Height	229mm
Author	H G Wells
Publisher	Wordfire Press
Genre	Fantasy, Humor
Topic	Literature, Books
Item Width	152mm
Item Weight	463g
Number of Pages	314 Pages

Come fly with Bert Smallways, a commoner with a comic, tragic, star-crossed, and high-flying fate, into a future that never was.

Long out of print! A visionary novel by the author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine

This classic, full-length novel from H. G. Wells imagines a world of progress stricken by brutal conflict in the sky-written before the actual invention of airplanes.

Bert Smallways is a small man in a small town with big dreams. His most fantastic dream-flying-seems improbable. Prototype airplane after airplane crashes and burns.

Until one doesn't.

Bert's desire to fly beckons him and combines with implacable fate to sweep him up in a fantastic, dramatic adventure in which he, a pawn of fortune at the center of it all, travels to far lands and distant battles envisioned in The War in the Air. His adventures will have great consequence for the entire world.

But will this star-crossed young man find what he really desires?