Hush! All is quiet in the world of Mortal Engines – but it’s time to stop the ‘pause’ button and hit ‘play’ instead! Sixteen years have passed since Tom and Hester settled down in Anchorage, now a static settlement on the shores of the Dead Continent. Life is calm – except for their teenage daughter Wren. She’s desperate for adventure. And when her lust for life gets her tangled up with pirate outfit the Lost Boys, she launches them all into perilous waters. Uh-oh: swim for your life!

The third magnificent book in the Mortal Engines series

Mortal Engines won the Smarties Gold Award in 2002

One of the most unique and thrilling fantasy worlds ever

Philip Reeve’s Here Lies Arthur won the Carnegie Medal

Product Details

Series

Mortal Engines Quartet (book 3)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407189161

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

July 5th, 2018

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 6.4; Middle years; 15.0 points

Other details

384 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

Mortal Engines Pack x 4

eur prices

Price: €36.10

gbp prices

Price: £27.15

Series

Mortal Engines Quartet

Author/Illustrator

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous.

He’s been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published. Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Hungry Cities novels followed, and Philip’s latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines.

Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.