The White Mountains

Long ago, the Tripods - huge, three-legged machines - descended upon Earth and took control. Now people unquestioningly accept the Tripods' power. They have no control over their thoughts or their lives.

But for a brief time in each person's life - in childhood - he is not a slave. For Will his time of freedom is about to end - unless he can escape to the White Mountains, where the possibility of freedom still exists.