War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia
Clan Destine Press is beyond thrilled to announce the arrival War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia, an anthology based on the Martian invasion of earth imagined by HG Wells.
Conceived and edited by Horror Australis – the collective moniker for Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens – the book has an intro by movie director Alex Proyas (The Crow, I Robot, Gods of Egypt) and illustrations by Jan Scherpenhuizen and Sholto Turner.
Narrelle M Harris, Christopher Sequeira, Steve Proposch,
launcher Cat Sparks, Lucy Sussex, Lindy Cameron
With stories set in Australia of the past, present and future, this riveting and inventive collection features 16 of Australia's best science fiction, crime and speculative fiction authors: Kerry Greenwood, Carmel Bird, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Sean Williams, Angela Meyer, Lindy Cameron, Jenny Valentish, Narrelle M Harris, Lucy Sussex, Rick Kennett, Jason Franks, Dmetri Kakmi, Bill Congreve, Jason Fischer, and Kaaron Warren.
War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia is available in hard cover, paperback and eBook.
ISBN:
978-0-6485236-3-5 (hardback)
978-0-6485236-2-8 (paperback)
978-0-6485236-8-0 (ebook)
Praise for War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia
“…what a wonderful, lurid, wish-fulfilment it is!
A collection of nail-biting suspense, social commentary,
the dark and light, the erotic and perverse, and,
of course, glorious bug-eyed aliens…’
Alex Proyas
Director The Crow, I Robot
"this collection is sure to delight science fiction
fans who are looking for something different"
- Aussie Speculative Fiction
"War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia
reimagines HG Wells' Martian invasion as an
Australian fever dream"
- Canberra Times
