Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

Mortal Engines

Philip Reeve
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Teen + Young Adult

The epic city-eat-city adventure is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

“A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading this book we knew we wanted to make it into a movie.” — Producer Peter Jackson

“Reeve’s [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination.” — School Library Journal, starred review​​​

London is hunting again. Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon London will feed.In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl.

They must run for their lives through the wreckage — and face a terrifying new weapon that threatens the future of the world.

Beloved storyteller Philip Reeve creates a brilliant new world in the Mortal Engines series, called “phenomenal… violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening” by the Sunday Times.

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