Mortal Engines Collection 6 Books Set written by Philip Reeve Mortal Engines Collection 6 Books Set written by Philip Reeve. The mortal engines, winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year is one of the most popular series by Philip Reeve, which comprises of following titles: Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, Infernal Devices, A Darkling Plain, Fever Crumb, and A Web of Air.
It is a world where cities are built on axles or treads, the number of tiers the city has determines its place on the food chain, and London, even though it has been skulking in the wastelands, is high up there. One of the first cities to take to the treads, it has determined, like a shark, to keep moving, and to keep moving it needs to chase down prey -- smaller cities and towns -- and consume them. literally. It has huge jaws in the lowest tier that open and drag the city or town in, while people from the various guilds wait to dismantle it and take the dwellers as prisoners and slaves. Tom Natsworthy, an apprentice at the Museum of Natural History, has been sent down to help, to make sure that anything of value, such as books or even art, doesn't get recycled in the great maw of Mechanized Darwinism. While there, in the Guts, he runs into his hero Valentine, an archeologist and explorer of renown. Tom manages to save Valentine from being stabbed by a young woman, and chases her. During the chase, one of the Beefeaters manages to