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Mortal Engines Quartet

Embark on a thrilling journey through a world where cities are massive moving machines, hunting smaller settlements for survival. This saga explores the boundaries of morality and humanity in a gritty, post-apocalyptic landscape. Follow young protagonists as they become entangled in a vast conspiracy that threatens the very future of civilization. It's a gripping adventure filled with high-octane action, betrayal, and profound discovery.

Night flights
Night Flights: A Mortal Engines Collection
A Darkling Plain
Infernal Devices
Predator's Gold
Mortal Engines

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Mortal Engines

    • 293 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Tom and Hester have been thrown together, literally thrown out of a city that's left them stranded and starving in the middle of nowhere while it hares off after its prey. Hester is desperate for revenge, Tom is desperate to get back on board his beloved London. This is an adventure story set in a fantasy world where moving cities trawl the globe.

    Mortal Engines1
    3.7
  2. Predator's Gold

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged with a fantastic and eye-catching cover featuring new artwork. In the second brilliant installment of Philip Reeve's award-winning quartet, Tom and Hester's airship is drifting over the vast Ice Wastes, crippled by the fanatical aviators of the Anti-Tractionists. The fast-moving ice city of Anchorage offers sanctuary. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent of America...

    Predator's Gold2
    3.8
  3. Infernal Devices

    • 384 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    Wren longs to escape from Anchorage. She craves the dangerous adventures her parents once had - and a charming submarine pirate is ready to take her to sea. But the object that she steals for him ignites a conflict that will tear the whole world apart... The third thrilling instalment of Reeve's critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

    Infernal Devices3
    3.6
  4. A Darkling Plain

    • 568 pages
    • 20 hours of reading

    Wren and her father are Tom traveling the Bird Roads in their airship, trying to forget that Hester has betrayed them. In the ruined wreckage of the city of London they make a discovery that will change the world. The fourth instalment of Reeve's critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

    A Darkling Plain4
    4.2

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  • Explore the expansive universe of "Mortal Engines" through a collection of new short stories that enrich the narrative ahead of the film's release. These tales delve into the intricacies of the world created by Philip Reeve, featuring captivating illustrations that enhance the reading experience. Perfect for fans eager to immerse themselves further in the story before the highly anticipated film, produced by Peter Jackson.

    Night Flights: A Mortal Engines Collection
    4.0
  • Night flights

    • 224 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve. In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorised cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang - pilot, adventurer, spy - isn't afraid. The three stories show gripping, moving, exciting moments in Anna Fang's life: her childhood as a slave aboard the moving city Arkangel, a showdown against a robotic Stalker that is terrifyingly out of control and her free life as an intelligence agent for the Anti-Traction league that might not be quite as free as she hoped.

    Night flights
    4.4
  • MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is brought to life in a comprehensive, full-colour illustrated guide to the world Philip Reeve has created across 15 years and 8 books.

    The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines
    4.4