Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year and the Nestle Smarties Gold Award. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year "Big, brave, brilliant" guardian 1. Mortal Engines 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. The first installment introduces young apprentice Tom Natsworthy and the murderous Hester Shaw, flung from the fast-moving city of London into heart-stopping adventures in the wastelands of the Great Hunting Ground. 2. Predator's Gold PREDATOR'S GOLD is the second thrilling installment in Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. 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... "Big, brave, brilliant" GUARDIAN Philip Reeve, author of mortal engines collection has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year. 3. Infernal Devices INFERNAL DEVICES is the third thrilling installment in Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Tom and Hester's daughter, Wren, longs to escape the peace of static Anchorage. She craves the dangerous adventures her parents once had - and a charming submarine pirate is ready to take her to sea. But the mysterious object that she steals for him ignites conflict that will tear the whole world apart. "Big, brave, brilliant" GUARDIAN Philip Reeve, author of mortal engines collection has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year. 4. A Darkling Plain A DARKLING PLAIN is the final thrilling installment in Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Agents for peace are bringing an end to the devastating conflict between the roaming Traction Cities and their fanatical enemies while Wren and her father Tom travel 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 willhange the world, while Hester must face an implacable foe with the means and the will to destroy the entire human race. "Big, brave, brilliant" GUARDIAN Philip Reeve, author of mortal engines collection has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year. 5. Fever Crumb FEVER CRUMB is a stunning, stand-alone prequel to Philip Reeve's brilliant science fantasy quartet. It is set many generations before the events of the mortal engines, in whose dazzling world huge, predatory cities chase and devour each other. Now, London is a riot-torn, ruinous town, clinging to a devastated landscape and hiding an explosive secret. Is Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the strange key that will unlock its dangerous mysteries? 6. A Web of Air Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theater. Now she arrives in the extraordinary cratr city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails, and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly. Fever is the engineer he needs - but ruthless enemies will kill to possess their secrets. The fabulous sixth book in the mortal engines collection, from the brilliant and award-winning author Philip Reeve.
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