Mortal Engines

  The first book in the award-winning Mortal Engines quartet.  In a dangerous future, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and fight each other for survival. As London pursues a small town, young apprentice Tom is flung out into the wastelands, where a terrifying cyborg begins to hunt him down. 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. Mortal Engines was the winner of the coveted Gold Smarties Award. Now a feature film of the same name, starring Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan and Hugo Weaving. Produced by Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson.   Praise for Mortal Engines: 'Set in a captivating futuristic landscape, this hugely imaginative story is a vivid blend of action, romance, mystery, crime and horror. Packed full of colourful characters and locations, it is a whirlwind adventure that challenges both Tom and the reader to rexamine their attitudes and preconceptions.' BookTrust ""I was enthralled ... Two decades after it was written, Mortal Engines has come to be an apt metaphor for where we could be heading: a powerful few trapping the rest in a deadly loop of stale ideas, with ordinary individuals helpless to break the cycle."" David Owen, The Guardian