The first instalment in the MORTAL ENGINES quartet, introducing 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.

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. 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.

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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.
• 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.

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In a dangerous future, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and fighteach other for survival. As London pursues a small town, youngapprentice Tom is flung out into the wastelands, where a terrifyingcyborg begins to hunt him down. The first book in the award-winning MORTAL ENGINES quartet.