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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.

The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines
Night Flights
A Darkling Plain
Infernal Devices
Predator's Gold
Mortal Engines

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Mortal Engines

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

    Mortal Engines1
    3.8
  2. Predator's Gold

    • 325 pages
    • 12 hours of reading

    When Tom and Hester's scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, they seek sanctuary in the speeding ice city of Anchorage. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent... The second instalment of Reeve's critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

    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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  • Night Flights

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    Anna Fang is a spy. An aviatrix. An escaped slave. But no one knows the whole story of Anna Fang - until now. Ian McQue's stunning illustrations bring the city-eat-city world of Mortal Engines alive in these three original stories about the brave, bold, rebellious Anna Fang.

    Night Flights
    4.0
  • 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