The War in the Air

Published in 1908, the novel "The War in the Air" turned out to be prophetic in many ways. Wells accurately predicted both the global world wars and the brutal bombardments of cities, as well as weapons of mass destruction and the role that aviation would play in future conflicts. A simple British youth named Bert Smallways finds himself by chance at the epicenter of the largest conflict in human history. The American and German air fleets converge in the skies over the Atlantic, and Bert must use all of his ingenuity to survive in a world that has forever changed…