Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
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We recommend you this film if you like action, adventure and suspense. This book starts in the future with two main characters that will have an adventure and a lot of action.
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Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve
Synopsis:
Tom and Hester, now in possession of the airship Jenny Haniver, which once belonged to an agent of the Anti-Traction League, find themselves being pursued by League forces. Scrambling to escape, they head north and land in the city of Anchorage, a small, non-predator city that traces its name back to old America.
Anchorage’s young ruler has decided that the wheeled city will make its way over the frozen wastes back to the Dead Continent, and the vicious predator city Arkangel is following along right behind. The savage Huntsmen of Arkangel are closing in, and the young margravine must make a last desperate bid for survival.
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Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
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Anchorage has become a static settlement on the shores of the Dead Continent, and its inhabitants have been living peacefully for sixteen years. But now trouble is approaching – in a limpet sub, and fast. The Lost Boys are back, and they’ll do anything to get what they want.
Tom and Hester’s daughter Wren is their eager dupe, bored and desperate for adventure. Wren longs to escape the peace of static Anchorage. She craves the dangerous adventures her parents once had – and a charming submarine pirate is ready to take her to sea. When the theft of the mysterious Tin Book of Anchorage goes wrong, Wren is snatched away in the limpet, who knows where. Tom and Hester set off to rescue her, but this is the end of their quiet life in Anchorage. The journey will stir up old needs, old secrets – and send them into perilous waters.
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A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
Synopsis:
Meanwhile, the fragile truce between the Green Storm and the Traction Cities splinters and hostility breaks out again. Events are set on a collision course as things end where they began, with London…
Tom and his daughter, Wren, aren’t the only people interested in London. The desperate armies of the Traction Cities and the Green Storm are also closing in, certain that whatever is taking shape within the city holds the key to victory in their never-ending war.
But it may be too late. Even as Tom and Wren hurry to uncover the mystery of London, Hester Shaw – estranged from her husband and her daughter – tracks the resurrected Stalker Fang, who has found another way to end the war and all life on the planet once and for all.