John Christopher · 1967 · overland

John Christopher's 1967 science-fiction quest. In a future where alien Tripods rule and 'Cap' every human mind at fourteen, young Will flees his English village before the ceremony and treks south with two companions - across the Channel and a ruined Paris - toward a rumored stronghold of free men in the White Mountains of the Alps, pursued the whole way by the machines.

1. 1
   Wherton (southern England)

   Will and his cousin Henry flee their village rather than be 'Capped' into obedience at fourteen.

2. 2
   The French coast

   They cross the Channel by boat and, in France, fall in with the resourceful Beanpole.

3. 3
   Paris (the ruined city)

   A vast dead city of a fallen iron tower and a buried railway - unmistakably old Paris.

4. 4
   The Château

   Will recovers from injury among a faded French family, and loses Eloise to the Tripods.

5. 5
   The White Mountains (the Alps)

   Snow-capped peaks - Mont Blanc and the Alps - sheltering the tunnels of the free men.