FEVER CRUMB is a stunning, stand-alone prequel to Philip Reeve's brilliant science fantasy quartet.
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.
These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem's fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. "Astonishing is not too strong a word for these tales" (Wall Street Journal).
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of ...
London is hunting The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on.
"The first book in the thrilling Predator Cities quartet"--Cover.
Mortal Engines