▁they ▁had ▁no ▁resistance — and ▁that , ▁as ▁human ity ▁recovered ▁from ▁the ▁invasion , ▁he ▁was ▁reun ited ▁with ▁Car rie . ▁But , ▁he ▁says , ▁the ▁question ▁remains : ▁is ▁Earth ▁now ▁safe , ▁or ▁are ▁the ▁Mart ians ▁learning ▁from ▁their ▁fail ures ▁and ▁prepar ing ▁a ▁second ▁invasion ? ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁second ▁ep ilog ue ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁near ▁future , ▁a ▁NASA ▁mission ▁to ▁Mars ▁fl ound ers ▁when ▁the ▁control ▁centre ▁los es ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁craft . ▁The ▁controller ▁sees ▁a ▁green ▁f lare ▁er upt ▁from ▁Mars ' s ▁surface . ▁The ▁controller ▁tries ▁to ▁contact ▁NASA , ▁but ▁all ▁communication ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁blocked . ▁This ▁leaves ▁a ▁question ▁mark ▁of ▁what ' s ▁going ▁to ▁happen ▁and ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁earth . ▁ ▁D iffer ences ▁from ▁Well s ' ▁Nov el ▁" The ▁Journal ist " ▁is ▁an ▁am alg am ▁of ▁two ▁of ▁Well s ' ▁characters : ▁a ▁writer ▁of ▁spec ulative ▁philosophy ▁( who ▁narr ates ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁book ) ▁and ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁medical ▁student ▁( who ▁narr ates ▁the ▁Th under ▁Child ▁section ). ▁The ▁Journal ist ' s ▁F ian c ée ▁Car rie ▁does ▁not ▁exist ▁in ▁the ▁novel , ▁where ▁the ▁narr ator ▁has ▁an ▁un named ▁wife . ▁ ▁" Par son ▁Nathan iel " ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁is ▁simply ▁called ▁" the ▁cur ate ". ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁mention ▁of ▁his ▁wife , ▁Beth