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War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends
War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends
War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends
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War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends

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Jule Verne and H.G. Wells are just young kids when they first meet in Paris. They become fast friends, sharing their tales of adventure as they mature into young men, and their excitement about the vastness of the universe.

Then one day they notice strange things begin happening. Soldiers march off and never return. There's some kind of underwater battle going on in the Channel. Parents march off to war and never send another word back.

Wells is shocked from his immobilization when he is attacked by an Invader, a vehicle of some kind that uses a Heat Ray to destroy everything and everyone.

How Jules and Wells respond to this unimaginable war is the core of a friendship that is both beautiful to behold and a force to reckon with for the Invaders.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Pirillo
Release dateMar 1, 2014
ISBN9781311225771
War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends
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John Pirillo

The author was born in Washington, Pennsylvannia. He loves animals and birds. Has two pet cockatiels that keep him company while he writes. He has a lovely daughter and a rascally grandson. He is rich in friends that matter and well adjusted to a life of challenges. He writes and draws every day. He loves anything science fiction, fantasy or extremely well written. Same goes for movies and TV. Not married currently, but has an eye and ear open to possibilities. :)

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    War of the Worlds, Volume One, The Forever Friends - John Pirillo

    War of the Worlds

    Volume One, The Forever Friends

    John Pirillo

    A Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2014

    Chapter One: The Authors

    Jules was a mild mannered man, far from the more adventurous image his stories cast upon the world and the hungry readers of his fantastic adventures. Born in Paris, France, to poor parents, he was never one to seek attention, but somehow always got it anyway.

    His parents, Franco and Marie Verne, were famous writers and artists. They had chosen early on in their marriage to split the duties of script and brush to create harmony and balance the needs of the family to the needs of making an earnest and rewarding living. Franco Pierre Emile Verne was a large man with steep sideburns and a large bushy beard, which his mother would call the burning bush sometimes because he would catch it on fire from time to time when he lit his pipe to smoke.

    Marie was the sensitive one and Jules got that side from her, but his father was a fisherman of tales, always throwing bigger and bigger stories back into the waters because of his seemingly endless backlog of adventures only he could imagine. Jules was born with a dash of Marie and a huge helping of his father Jules Senior.

    Jules Senior always put his son to bed with a huge story, complete with multiple characters and places of exotic interest. Marie, on the other hand, would have Jules or Junior as she would call him, help her in the kitchen. There in her splendid world, he learned about the craft of spices, and how just the right amount of parsley, and sage could improve the taste of beef. And the holding back of salt would stop the food from making you so thirsty afterwards.

    His sisters, Marie, Chenelle, and Julie made fun of him because he was so set on becoming a master chef. He loved storytelling, but it was evident from early on that food was a direction he would probably end up mastering a career in. His father loved the idea, but his mother encouraged him to write.

    Jules, a man of Letters will go much further in the modern world, than a Chef. Perhaps someday there will come a time when a Chef will be seen by the entire world and then his fame will occlude that of a writer, but that seems an impossibility at this time. She said brightly.

    Jules immediately perked up, his head full of ideas, just like their oven was filled with cupcakes at that time. Imagine this, Mom, a device that will hold a man’s face within it and project it around the world so everyone can see it.

    His mother had given him a hug of delight. You’re so creative, Jules. No matter what you choose to do, I know you will be a success, and no matter you choose I will love you no more and no less. She said proudly, and then leaned closer to whisper. But don’t tell your dad that, he’ll use it against me.

    At the time Jules didn’t know what she meant, but as the years peeled away from his youth and his adventures grew, he came to understand the meaning of many things which had eluded him in his youth.

    Jules fondness for his mother was only exceeded by his fondness for inventing. He and his sister, Chenie, as he called Chenelle, would go out back into the tool shed and weasel various components of old stoves, pipes, bolts, wire, and whatever they could find and make things. Their father and mother thought it unusual for them to take on such a hobby, as most siblings, especially male and female didn’t want to be together so much, but Jules and Chenie were like

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