Reeve, Philip,

A darkling plain / Philip Reeve. - 568 pages ; 20 cm. - Mortal engines quartet ; 4. . - Reeve, Philip. Mortal engines quartet ; 4. .

First published in the UK by Scholastic Ltd, 2006. "Mortal Engines soon to be a major motion picture" -- Cover.

It's six months after the tumultuous events on Brighton and Wren Natsworthy and her father Tom have taken to the skies in their airship, The Jenny Haniver. Wren is enjoying life as an aviatrix but Tom is troubled by matters of the heart - Hester's disappearance, and the old wound caused by Pennyroyal's bullet. Until a fluke encounter with a familiar face sets him thinking about the ruins of London and the possibility of going back. 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.

12 - 16 years.

9781760661908


Natsworthy, Tom--Juvenile fiction.
Shaw, Hester, (Fictitious character) --Juvenile fiction.
Natsworthy, Wren, (Fictitious character) --Juvenile fiction.


Airships--Juvenile fiction.
Women air pilots--Juvenile fiction.
Social conflict--Juvenile fiction.
City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
Nuclear weapons--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.


London (England)--Juvenile fiction.


Science fiction.
Steampunk fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

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