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London is a city on wheels – a future city like you’ve never known before. In the terrible aftermath of the Sixty Minute War, cities which survived the apocalypse became predators, chasing and feeding on smaller towns. Now London is hunting its prey, getting ready to feed. But as the chase begins, Tom uncovers a secret – a secret full of deadly consequences. Soon he is plunged into a world of sinister enemies and stalking robotic killers, fighting to stop the detonation of a weapon that will tear his universe apart… Moving from the relentless city of London to the wastelands of the Great Hunting Ground, and taking you for the first time into Philip Reeve’s violent steampunk future, this is a book to devour in one go, and then feed on again and again.
Winner of the Nestle Gold Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award.
“Reeve has managed to marry the hugeness of his imagination with an utterly compelling and child-friendly storyline.” Anthony Horowitz
“This big, brave, brilliant book combines a thrilling adventure story with endless moral conundrums.” Guardian
Product Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781407131276
Publisher
Date published
June 7th, 2012
Other details
- 336 pages
Condition
New
UK edition
Ben, Book Club Review Team
on 8 January 2013
One of the best sci-fi novels
I absolutely loved this book. I love the concept of cities on wheels that eat each other- who knows this could happen in the future!
Phillip Reeve is a great author and the fact that he wrote over 20 drafts of this book before the finalised version certainly shows in this great masterpiece!
The start of the book is quite confusing as you don`t know about the background of many of the characters but throughout the book the story of the characters were gradually told-especially that of Mr Valentine and Hester Shaw.
I definitely reccomend this book to all sci-fi lovers aged between 11-99- one of the best sci-fi novels I have read. I rate this book 9/10 because of great storyline and characters.