Books like Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
In Philip Reeve’s steampunk universe, cities are giant, mobile metropolises that roam the planet, scavenging fuel and metal from one another. The novel opens with the invented metropolis of London hunting its prey and follows young tom‑natsworthy apprentice Tom and fierce scion Hester Shaw on a perilous journey from the heart of London to the remnants of rural China. Their travels reveal the deep conflict between the traction‑city guilds and the anti‑traction league, a group of human survivors still inhabiting the ground.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Philip Reeve
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