Mortal Engines

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. "No 11-to-16-year-old should miss the superbly imagined debut novel from Philip Reeve" the times "this big, brave, brilliant book combines a thrilling adventure story with endless moral conundrums" - guardian.