The War Rages On

There are, now, 20 tripods that are controlled by the martians as if they were tanks. There are 2 martians per capsule that is launched at Earth and there are 10 capsules as far as we know. Throughout the book, artillery is supposedly killing some of the tripods, but as it turns out only one was killed. The martians themselves are just big round heads without any digestive organs. They just have a circulatory system and feed by sucking blood like spiders. They have tentacles for arms and tentacles for legs. The main character describes them as the 100 armed creatures from Greek mythology. Everyone thinks that this is the end of man kind and that the martians can't be stopped, like it's part of their destiny. The martians are also building flying machines that have the heat ray. They also build these big tubes that shoot canisters, like RPG's almost. The canister is filled with "Black Smoke" that suffocates everyone. By now the main character is just hoping to reunite with his wife lets see how it turns out...