From Philip Reeve comes a dark and imaginative steampunk adventure set in a future where cities move, hunt, and devour each other for survival.

Thousands of years after a devastating war reshaped the world, London is no longer a fixed city. It is a giant traction city, rolling across the wastelands and consuming smaller towns for resources. In this dangerous world, survival depends on speed, power, and staying out of the jaws of something bigger.

Tom Natsworthy has grown up inside London, believing in its greatness, until a mysterious girl named Hester Shaw attacks one of the city’s most powerful men. When Tom gets caught in the chaos, he is thrown out of London and forced into the harsh world beyond its walls.

As Tom and Hester travel across the wasteland, they uncover secrets about London, its leaders, and the terrifying plans that could destroy far more than one city. Together, they must decide who to trust and what they are willing to fight for in a world built on greed, survival, and moving machines.

Inventive, gritty, and action-packed, Mortal Engines explores class, power, revenge, and the cost of progress in a world unlike anything else.

✨ Genre: Young Adult / Science Fiction / Steampunk
🌶️ Spice Level: Low
📚 Series: Mortal Engines Quartet - Book 1

Dark, cinematic, and wildly original—perfect for readers who love dystopian worlds, giant moving cities, unlikely allies, and high-stakes adventure ⚙️📖