For a time, I believed humanity had been wiped out and that I was the only survivor. When an alien capsule lands on Horsell Common, Woking, a crowd of curious onlookers gathers. That curiosity quickly turns to terror when the Martians appear. Armed with deadly heat rays, the aliens begin their conquest of Earth. Faced with forces beyond our control, technology far superior to ours, and a race of alien invaders who regard us as nothing more than ants, humanity is on the verge of extinction. As the world collapses under the Martian threat, one man treks alone across the desolate landscape to find his wife...