![]() ![]() ![]() It is only when Holmes and Watson travel to the Red Planet, ostensibly to track down the killer of an eminent Martian philosopher, that they learn the truth: the Martians who invaded Earth are tyrannical despots who subjugated a 'lesser' race of their own kind, and are merely biding their time to enslave the citizens of Earth. Humankind, lulled into a false sense of security, welcomes the Martians who bring with them a host of technological and scientific wonders, and for several years an entente exists between the two races. ![]() The second wave, arriving some five years later, did so with the aid of a cure for the various ills that scuppered their earlier plans - and these Martians claim to have come in peace. A new addition to the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series from science fiction and crime author Eric Brown.A second wave of Martians has come to Earth - the first wave having succumbed to lethal Terran pathogens. ![]()
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