Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)

Philip Reeve

Oct 2017 · Mortal Engines Book 1 · Scholastic Audio · Narrated by Barnaby Edwards

About this audiobook

The epic city-eat-city adventure is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading this book we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter Jackson* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review​​​Now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!London is hunting again. Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon London will feed.In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl. They must run for their lives through the wreckage -- and face a terrifying new weapon that threatens the future of the world.Beloved storyteller Philip Reeve creates a brilliant new world in the Mortal Engines series, called "phenomenal... violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening" by the Sunday Times.

Ratings and reviews

This book is imaginative and spellbinding! I haven't torn through a book so quick in years. Well thought, it truly pulls you in as we follow the characters through London and beyond!

it nice book i want to buy but i am student i don't have money to buy you gave me some money back

I listened to this for over an hour and I know for sure now I will never watch the movie or finish it what a waste of money.

About the author

Philip Reeve is the bestselling author of the Mortal Engines quartet, which is now a major motion picture, and the award-winning Fever Crumb series. His other books include the highly acclaimed Here Lies Arthur and No Such Thing As Dragons. He lives in England with his wife and son. Visit him online at philip-reeve.com.