World Book Day 2011: Traction City

A brand new adventure set in the world of Mortal Engines, specially written for World Book Day 2011

This flip book (also featuring Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley) for older readers is available free in exchange for a £1.00 WBD voucher, given to every UK school child.

9781407124278 PB £1.00

No Such Thing as Dragons

Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and 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 makes its lair in the crags of Dragon Mountain? Ansel and Brock must climb the ice face to discover the terrifying truth.

"My favourite contemporary children's author is Philip Reeve."
Charlie Higson, Mail on Sunday

"Sure to set you shivering with a cosy fear."
Waterstone's Books Quarterly

9781407102443 PB £5.99

Scrivener's Moon

In a future land once known as Britain, nomad tribes are preparing to fight a terrifying enemy - the first-ever mobile city. Before London can launch itself, young engineer Fever Crumb must journey to the wastelands of the North. She seeks the ancient birthplace of the Scriven mutants. In the chaotic weeks before battle begins, Fever finds a mysterious black pyramid. The extraordinary secrets it contains will change her world forever. The seventh awe-inspiring adventure in the World of Mortal Engines series by a superb writer at the height of his powers.

9781407115269 Paperback £6.99

A Web of Air

In a faraway corner of a ruined world, a mysterious boy is building a flying machine. Birds help him, and so does a beautiful, brilliant, half-human engineer called Fever Crumb. But powerful enemies stalk them - either to possess their revolutionary invention, or to destroy the secrets of flight forever. The breathtaking new story from the awesome world of MORTAL ENGINES. Award-winning writer Philip Reeve creates an extraordinary new city of moving buildings and human birds in a classic novel that is sure to thrill fans young and old.

Fever Crumb in paperback

The fifth novel in the epic Mortal Engines series now in paperback

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Fever Crumb

The Prequel to Mortal Engines is here!

A hotly anticipated new adventure set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines. Huge armoured fortresses are advancing towards London. Buried in the city's past is a terrible secret that may save it from destruction. Only one key can unlock it - an odd looking orphan named Fever Crumb.

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Mortal Engines

London is hunting its prey. For too long, London has been hiding in the hills, safe from bigger, faster, hungrier cities. Now London must feed. But as the chase begins, events within the walls take a sinister turn...

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Predator’s Gold

Tom and Hester are running for their lives. Chased by the grim aviators of the Green Storm, they find refuge – but is Anchorage a safe haven, or a trap? Devastated by plague, the ice city is on course for the Dead Continent - America,... “This ripping and intelligent sequel is a tale of jealousy, betrayal and high adventure…” Sunday Times

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Infernal Devices

Wren is desperate to escape. She’ll do anything to get out of Anchorage – and her new friends are only too willing to help. But before long, she’ll find herself a captive, then a slave, and finally the bait that leads Tom and Hester back into perilous waters...

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A Darkling Plain

Hester is missing – presumed dead. Wren’s mother has been gone for six months. Her father is hiding something. And now the fragile truce between the Traction Cities and the Green Storm is crumbling. It will be a battle to end all battles. This time, each side is determined to crush the other for ever.

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No Such Thing As Dragons

Hardback Edition

A dragon story in the grand tradition of fantasy fiction, but with a spectacular twist.

Ansel's new master, Brock, slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and 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 makes its lair in the crags of Dragon Mountain? Ansel and Brock must climb the ice face to discover the terrifying truth.

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Sample chapter in Acrobat PDF file:      Here Lies Arthur.pdf

Click here to read Philip's interview about his inspiration for this fantastic adventure.

Click here to see Philip's video.

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Here Lies Arthur

Paperback Edition

An utterly captivating, original and thoroughly 21st century re-telling of Britain’s most enduring legend. Gwyna is just a small girl, when she is bound in service to Myrddin the bard - a traveller and spinner of tales. But Myrddin transfroms her - into a lady goddess, a boy warrior, and a spy. Without Gwyna, Myrddin will not be able to work the most glorious transformation of all - and turn the leader of a raggle-taggle war-band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time.

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Sample chapter in Acrobat PDF file:      Here Lies Arthur.pdf

Click here to read Philip's interview about his inspiration for this fantastic adventure.

Click here to see Philip's video.

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An utterly captivating, original and thoroughly 21st century re-telling of Britain’s most enduring legend. Gwyna is just a small girl, when she is bound in service to Myrddin the bard - a traveller and spinner of tales. But Myrddin transfroms her - into a lady goddess, a boy warrior, and a spy. Without Gwyna, Myrddin will not be able to work the most glorious transformation of all - and turn the leader of a raggle-taggle war-band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time.

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