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 & 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