(my conversion)

THE INVASION FROM MARS
came in the early years of the 21st century. And all over America were people praying for it to succeed... .
For two decades, the United States had been slipping into a primitive past, turning its back on technology—and abandoning it's Martian colony . Its "emergency" government was kept" . in power by repression, food was scarce, life grim . . . ami killer packs of wild animals prowled at night, making curfews a vital need.
Then the "Martians" came back. An obscure teacher, John Castle, was among the first to see the invaders—and made a desperate try to aid them. He failed then, but there was a strange role waiting for Castle to play..,.