Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_in_the_Air

Release date is 1997-01-01

Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, Janet Blenkinship, and David Widger

"The War in the Air" by H. G. Wells is a military science fiction novel published in 1908. The story follows Bert Smallways, an ordinary bicycle engineer who accidentally stumbles upon secret aircraft technology and gets swept into a catastrophic global conflict. As German airships launch a surprise attack on America and Asian forces join the fray, Bert witnesses the devastating power of aerial warfare. Wells's prophetic vision anticipates modern combat and World War I with chilling accuracy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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