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The Last Days of Thunder Child

Victorian Britain in Chaos!

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The Last Days of Thunder Child

By: C.A. Powell
Narrated by: Jack Wynters
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Summary

Pastiche story from H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds from the perspective of H.M.S. Thunder Child’s Royal Navy crew. The year is 1898, and the story unfolds through the eyes of an ironclad crew and a land-based war office clerk Mister Albert Stanley. Gradually, everyone moves toward the dreadful outcome as the strange alien tripods rampage around Victorian Britain.

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I liked everything about it, did they get the third Tripod, it was a bit vague about that

Enthralling

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War of the worlds is my favourite books for years and I've also been a big fan of the musical by Jeff Wayne

My favourite parts of both has to be the heroic battle of HMS thunderchild when she takes out 3 Martian tripods
This book does a wonderful job of telling their story leading up to this fateful battle with great characters would you come to care for.

I especially liked Mr Stanley and boys Seaman Perry.

Hooray for Thunderchild

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overall I enjoyed it, it wasn't terrible but wasn't amazing ever. the voice actors performance could have been better. and some story threads where never tied up like the French professor and how did Perry survive. the ending kinda felt sudden and there was more to find out and tell.

if I could I'd give 3.5 stars

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Having grown up with the works of H G Wells and The War of the Worlds
C A Powell invents a revealing insight into the world of the infamous Ironclad. A wonderful imaginative story which grips until the end.

a fantastic story

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Good voice for this story, think Mr Wells would of liked this point of view from Thunderchild.

A tribute to H G Wells masterpiece

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