The Massacre of Mankind

This was good. And had it not wandered off like a leaf drifting through a breeze, this would have been great. The first two-thirds or so is a clever, even riveting continuation of Wells' classic. After that...it drifts. And I actually became rather frustrated with it. It's an you're-almost-there-so-let's-take-a-detour that completely ruined the flow of the narrative for me. And when we finally do circle back around to the conclusion, it is less than dramatic and left me a bit unsatisfied. Too much name-dropping and a scurrying from place to place to place with a host of new characters only adds to the sense of protracted anticipation.