Ansel’s new master slays dragons for a living. He says he’s hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom – and he has the scars to prove it! But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? Ansel is sure there are no such things as dragons. So what is the man-eating creature that lives in the crags of Dragon Mountain? As he and Brock climb the perilous ice-face to its lair, Ansel is about to discover the horrifying truth… A heart-pounding fantasy with a brilliant twist from one of the world’s greatest writers, Mortal Engines maestro Philip Reeve!

“His imagination is electrifying” Frank Cottrell Boyce

“His books are full of adventure, humour and invention.” Charlie Higson, author of YOUNG BOND

Product Details

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9781407196008

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

July 4th, 2019

Other details

224 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous.

He’s been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published. Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Hungry Cities novels followed, and Philip’s latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines.

Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.