Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Martian War

To all of you who have the power to read and the strength of mind to care.

It has been drawn to my attention that, with her Majesty’s government decreeing that this document be treated as ‘Most Secret’ for some time to come, many of those who read it will have already been exposed to another, quite different, account of the Martian Invasion in London—the account rendered by Mr. Wells in his best-selling novel, ‘The War of the Worlds’.

Mr. Well’s book, while entertaining, is, for the most part...