Mortal Engines (#1 Mortal Engines Quartet)

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Staff Notes: A Steampunk exploration of Darwin's Natural Selection, Mortal Engines is a deeply intriguing and gorgeously constructed book. In a world where resources are dwindling, forcing cities on tank-like treads to consume each other, literally, Tom, a young historian, meets and saves his hero, Thaddeus Valentine, Head of the Guild of Historians, from an assassin, only to be betrayed by the man Tom admires most. The grimy tone of this book perfectly captures the industrial smog and grit of the harsh setting. - Recommended by Tyler

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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 instalment 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.

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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 won the coveted Gold Smarties Award.