Day of the Triffids

Bill Masen works with triffids—animalistic plants with poisonous venom, wicked stingers, and the ability to move around on three "legs." Hospitalized when he succumbs to triffid venom in a lab accident, Masen misses seeing a world-changing night—a quirk of fate may just save his life. Strongly influenced by H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, Wyndham's post-apocalyptic novel displays some similarities to Wells' seminal sci-fi work. Yet, it remains an enduring classic in its own right, bursting with imagination and startling inventiveness. Read by Alex Jennings—a renowned British stage, television, and radio actor.