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 feature film is coming in December 2018! 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 - The Guardian